Poverty level dips 10%; But miles to go...
First came the interest rate cut perk up sentiments. Then Balco selloff. Now comes the reduction in overall poverty levels from 36 per cent in 1993-94 to 26.1 per cent now. As the finance minister gears up for his annual budget, the NSSO, under the planning commission, today kept the …
Less poor people now but the divide is deep
The country's detailed poverty data, made public today, has shown up several surprises. The strife-torn state of Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as the most prosperous state with merely 3.48 per cent of the population living below the poverty line--even prosperous Punjab has over 6 per cent of its population …
119 lakhs of people below poverty line in AP
The population of those below the poverty line in Andhra Pradesh has been estimated at 119.01 lakhs in 1999-2000 by the Planning commission. According to the data released by the commission on Thursday, 58.13 lakhs people in rural areas and 60.88 lakhs people in urban areas live below the poverty …
Govt to come up with plan for water conservation
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced that the government would prepare an effective action plan to make water conservation a people's movement. He also said that the government would constitute a separate state-level body to monitor implementation of the mission.
Filling stations for LPG vehicles can reduce shortage
Once the filling stations dispensing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) specifically for LPG powered vehicles come into operation, it is expected to lessen the shortage of the recurring shortage of LP gas in the capital city of Kathmandu.
And, the eternal debate on poverty goes on..
While the Economic Survey is putting the poverty figures at 28 per cent, it will also state that the figures are not comparable with those of the 1993-94 large sample survey of the National Sample Survey Organisation which had put the figures at 36 per cent.
'50 pc farmers use pesticides'
Fifty-nine per cent farmers in Nepal use pesticides and most cases only after pest attack. This was stated in a report released in Kathmandu. The report commissioned by the Department of Crop Protection, also states that around 52 per cent of the farmers in Nepal are ignorant of pesticides' impact …
UN official hails bio-villages concept
The UN Under Secretary General and UNDP Administrator Mr. Mark Mallock Brown has said that the concept of Knowledge centre and bio villages operated by the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in Pondicherry since the last few years had been a most significant and crucial activity as it had been …
Panel settles for 9% drop in poverty
After a lot of debate on the poverty figures thrown up by the 1998-99 large-sample survey of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), the Planning Commission has finally decided to accept the results and make official the nine per cent drop in poverty levels indicated by the survey.
Fight for rural poor stalled, regrets UN report
Poverty reduction in rural areas is a complex and many-sided task.It's something that requires sustained commitment since there are no quick fixes, no easy solutions. And given the right kind of support, the world's rural poor can help themselves escape poverty. So says the "Rural Poverty Report 2001:The challenge of …
India to have 5,000 cities by 2047
By 2047, India's Gross Domestic Product will increase nine-fold, but its per capita will rise by only five times to just over $2,000. This was stated in the document, 'Directions, Innovations and Strategies for Harnessing Action', compiled by Tata Energy Research Institute. The document will be released on 7 February …
New projects bring relief to villages
Kolhiapuri was like any other village in Chhattisgarh faced with acute drought conditions and witnessing migration. The land had dried up and there was no development which coUld generate employment. But a change is now in the offing. On January 15, the local administration launched a small project for water …
Surviving in a watery ecosystem
Stirring things up allows the disadvantaged to survive in watery ecosystems. Species that might otherwise be eradicated by those more advantaged can beat the odds, thanks to turbulence, researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This effect might even explain how a diversity of primitive replicating …
Notification on village courts
The Madhya Pradesh Government has issued a notification enforcing the Madhya Pradesh Gram Nyayalya Adhiniyam and thereby paving the way for the setting up of village courts in the State from January 26.
ILO's World Employment Report 2001
Despite improvements in labour market performance in industrialized countries and the growing potential of information technology to create jobs and spur development, the global employmet picture remains "deeply flawed" for workers in many parts of the world, according to a new report by the International Labour Office.
M.P. all set for Gram Swaraj
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. Digvijay Singh, has appealed to the people of the State to resort to "shramdan"(physical labour) on January 26 to mark the beginning of the Gram Swaraj (Village Government) system.
Haryana to augment irrigation net
The Haryana State Minor Irrigation and Tubewell Corporation (HSMITC) is spending Rs.44 crores on construction and repair of 50 lakh running feet of water courses under a World Bank-aided project to provide irrigation facilities to 24,000 acres of additional land during the current financial year.
SC moves on CNG norms : Naik
The Centre has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court, seeking some modifications in the latter's strict ruling on the implementation of pollution-free compressed natural gas (CNG) as fuel in the Capital's vehicles, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
World Bank set to allow some public access
The governing board of the World Bank was edging towards opening much of its operations to public view. The board broadly supported the proposals, but asked for some clarification before final approval, which is expected to come by early next week.
