Rural Poverty
News
NAC in hurry, need more time:Rural ministry
A CONFLICT has risen between the National Advisory Council (NAC), chaired by Ms Sonia Gandhi, and the rural development ministry over the time-frame for completing the BPL census.
NAC members N C Saxena and Harsh Mander, in particular, want the head count to be completed by September 2011.
08/09/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
News
KSEB charity electrifies Onam of the poor
ANGAMALY: Onam celebrations became more meaningful for KSEB workers in Thuravoor here when they donated a portion of their wages to enable a poor family to get an electrical connection.
24/08/2010
New Indian Express (Kochi)
News
Compensation for farmer deaths may be increased
The state government is determined to hike the compensation to farmers committing suicide and those dying due to natural calamities.
24/08/2010
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
News
Jagaran Manch demands termination of mining officer
Bhopal, Aug 18:
On one hand Chief Minister is making announcement of new schemes for farmers, rural people and poor while on the other hand district administration is depriving the poor of their livelihood in the name of development.
Rashtriya Jagaran Manch president Kameshwar Sharma informed that district mining office Bhopal is violating mining rules and permission is being given for mining
19/08/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Reports and Documents
Discussion in Rajya Sabha on poverty (19/08/2010)
Discussion in Rajya Sabha on poverty.
Aug 2010
Rajya Sabha
News
Scheme that endangers food security of poor
BHUBANESWAR: The Rs 2-a-kg rice scheme was launched by the Orissa Government to ensure food security to the poor.
11/08/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Feature Articles
State response to Maoist violence in India: A critical assessment
Maoist violence is the consequence of increased atrocities against
scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (especially in the central tribal
belt) and widespread tribal unrest due to commercialisation of forest
resources.
Aug 2010
Economic and Political Weekly
45
32
23-26
State Response to Maoist.pdf
News
2,575 farmers commit suicide in eight years
BHUBANESWAR: AS many as 2,575 persons engaged in farming and agricultural activities committed suicide during a eight-year period between 2000 and 2008.
To a question from Nihar Mahanand of the Congress in the Assembly today, Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout said that compared to this 38,299 suicide cases were reported during the period.
28/07/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Feature Articles
The NREGA, the Maoists and the developmental woes of the Indian state
The United Progressive Alliance government’s much touted fl agship programme under the National Rural Employment Act is aimed at countering some of the developmental woes of the Indian state in the backward regions. The Maoists are active in some of the most backward areas and the government has been accusing them of stalling development.
Jul 2010
Economic and Political Weekly
45
28
42-48
The NREGA.pdf
News
Poverty alleviation: Government to launch plan
BHUBANESWAR: The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) will be implemented in the state soon. This was decided at a highlevel meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today. The NRLM aims at addressing poverty and alleviating rural poverty by 2015.
The scheme also targets to cover 50 percent of the rural households by self help groups (SHGs) during the next three years.
03/07/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
