Climate change to figure in annual Economic Survey

Last Updated: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 16:20

The Finance Ministry will include a special chapter on financing of climate change in the Economic Survey, Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu said on Saturday.

41.6% of Indians below poverty line in 2005: UNDP

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 16:02

The United Nations estimates that 41.6 percent of India's population lived below the poverty line in 2005, but the Planning Commission had pegged the figure lower at 37.2 percent, Parliament was informed Wednesday.

India ranks low 134 in Human Development Index

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 17:31

The report said India`s HDI value for 2011 was 0.547 positioning the country in the `medium human development category`.

UNDP calls for energy access to all by 2030

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 19:55

With 1.4 billion people in the world still living without electricity, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has joined its partner agencies in a call to provide modern energy services to all within the next 20 years.

`India needs to speed up to achieve MDGs by 2015`

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 22:54

Indian states like Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand need to do more if India has to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving poverty by 2015, says a report by a UN agency.

Delhi, Kerala, Goa have least number of poor: UNDP

Last Updated: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 14:33

Amidst acute poverty across South Asia, the five states of Delhi, Kerala, Goa, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have the least number of poor people in India.

`8 Indian states poorer than Africa`s 26 poorest`

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 09:53

Acute poverty prevails in 8 states, including Bihar, UP & West Bengal, together accounting for more poor people than in 26 poorest African nations.

15% of Sunderbans will be submerged: UNDP report

Last Updated: Monday, July 12, 2010, 18:14

An estimated 15% of the Sunderbans delta will go under the sea by 2020.

UN acted in haste in recalling official, shutting UNDP: Lanka

Last Updated: Friday, July 9, 2010, 21:11

The government today said UN chief Ban Ki-moon had acted in `precipitant haste` in recalling a top official of the world body for consultation and closing the UNDP office here.

NREGA helps reduce poverty, inequality: Report

Last Updated: Friday, June 18, 2010, 23:42

The UNDP has highlighted India`s rural employment guarantee scheme, popularly known as NREGA, for its impact on reducing poverty and reversing inequality.

UNDP to save India`s blackbucks & turtles

Last Updated: Monday, June 14, 2010, 17:21

UNDP has approved a pilot project for protection of endangered blackbuck and Olive Ridley turtles.

UNDP to protect endangered species from coastal states

Last Updated: Thursday, April 29, 2010, 20:46

Seven endangered marine species will be protected through United Nations Development Project (UNDP) funding who are gasping for life on the country`s coastline.