International Monetary Fund head expects less than 3 per cent global economic growth in 2023
6 April 2023 3:15 PM GMTWashington: The International Monetary Fund chief is warning that the world economy is expected to grow less than 3 per cent in 2023, down from 3.4...
Why India cannot count its own beggars yet
12 July 2012 1:35 AM GMTThe ministry of social justice and empowerment is unhappy with the information provided by the states on the figures indicating the number of beggars...
Plan panel eyes 10% reduction in poverty
7 July 2012 2:54 AM GMTThe Planning Commission is proposing a target of reducing poverty by 10 per cent to less than 20 per cent of the population by 2017 – the terminal...
Defining the poor
26 May 2012 2:44 AM GMTThat the Planning Commission has decided to review the existing methodology to determine the number of poor in the country is a wise move. The poverty...
Rangarajan to head poverty line panel
25 May 2012 6:24 AM GMTAfter facing flak for fixing poverty line at Rs 28.65 per capita daily consumption in cities, the Planning Commission on Thursday constituted an...
Labour movement at crossroads
7 May 2012 3:16 AM GMTThe labour movement in India is at a crossroads. This became obvious when 11 Central Trade Union Organisations met on 26 April in the INTUC Delhi...
Less than Rs 35 a day for India's poor
4 May 2012 4:18 AM GMTA government survey on income and expenditure revealed that about 60 per cent of India's rural population lives on less than Rs 35 a day. Urban...
10,000 crore reasons to be poor
3 May 2012 4:17 AM GMTIn its first avatar, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government felt that it had introduced a game changer in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural...
