New Delhi, July 24: The Congress Wednesday claimed that poverty in India came down during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule owing to its pro-poor policies."The rate of poverty reduction during the seven years of
New Delhi, Jul 23: Poverty ratio in the country has declined to 21.9 per cent in 2011-12 from 37.2 per cent in 2004-05 on account of increase in per capita consumption, Planning Commission said.According to
New Delhi: The Food Security Bill promulgated by the President is aimed at giving the nation's two-third population the right to get 5 kgs of foodgrains every month at highly subsidised rates of Rs 1-3
London, April 9: Actor Tom Hiddleston has vowed to live on less than a pound a day for an entire week to support a Unicef campaign against poverty.The 32-year-old later took to Twitter and urged
Lucknow, March 13 :Global poverty cannot be eliminated without eradicating it in Uttar Pradesh which is home to the highest number of poor in the country, World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim said on Tuesday
New Delhi, Dec 11: A US intelligence community in a new report released on Monday says by 2030, a surging India, along with China, will overpower long-reigning U.S. and E.U. It said the two Asian
New Delhi, Nov 21: It was his father's refusal to buy him new clothes on Eid that forced a miffed Ajmal Amir Kasab to quit home, take to crime and then embrace jihad, leading to
Canberra, Oct 14: More than 2.2 million Australians - or one in eight - are living below the internationally accepted poverty line used to measure financial hardship in wealthy countries, a welfare group said in
Poland, Jun 6 : With the financial crisis causing a surge in unemployment and poverty, Greece's national football team is looking to provide some respite from the problems back home.Greek football association president Sofoklis Pilavios
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Mar 29: Nisha Rani Dutta, who took part in several international archery championships, has sold her costly bow for Rs 50,000 to an up-and- coming Manipuri archer, in order to repair her dilapidated
Johannesburg, Oct 28: The youth leader of the governing African National Congress led thousands of young South Africans through the country's economic hub and on to the capital in a protest against poverty and joblessness,
New Delhi, Oct 4: The BJP today alleged that the ongoing debate on poverty has shown that the UPA government is “insensitive” and demanded that a meeting of chief ministers and all political parties be
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