July 18, 2015 3:01 am
Unreleased SECC data headlines the crisis in cities with a starkness that poverty lines lack.
May 25, 2012 1:20 am
The group is expected to submit its report in 9 months.
May 24, 2012 6:09 pm
C Rangarajan will head panel to review Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty.
April 08, 2012 1:01 am
After 2004 it is taking place at 1.5 per cent. So,the decline in poverty during UPA period is double, he added
April 07, 2012 5:42 pm
Union minister takes dig saying MPs raising issue are aware of Sachin Tendulkar,not Suresh Tendulkar.
October 11, 2011 12:30 am
Writes to Vahanvati to resist bid to get court to raise benchmark.
October 04, 2011 3:40 am
Govt to widen BPL numbers to priority category as per food Bill,Montek says criticism unwarranted.
July 23, 2011 1:50 am
Nobody can consume 2400 calories with an average income of Rs 20 or Rs 10 anywhere in the country.
May 19, 2011 2:14 am
The government has identified 6.52 crore BPL families that avail of foodgrains.
April 20, 2011 6:33 pm
India's poverty is estimated to have declined to 32 per cent in 2009-10 from 37.2 per cent five years ago,as per preliminary findings of the Planning Commission.





