New policy for constructing houses for BPL categor

Last Updated: Sunday, July 29, 2012, 19:16

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced a new policy for construction of houses for Below Poverty Line families.

Food Ministry mulls increasing pulses subsidy to Rs 20/kg

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 20:42

The Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry is planning to provide pulses through ration shops to families below poverty line (BPL) and has proposed to double subsidy at Rs 20/kg for insulating the poor from high prices.

Tripura to provide rice at Rs 2 per kg

Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2012, 14:06

Ahead of the state assembly elections due in February, the Tripura government has decided to provide rice at the rate of Rs. 2 per kg to the people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) from next month.

'China has over 100 million people living below poverty line'

Last Updated: Thursday, June 21, 2012, 15:07

China has over 100 million people living below the poverty line, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development conference in Brazil stressing that his country remained a developing nation, despite its emergence as second largest economy in the world.

Planning Commission revamps 2 toilets at Rs 35L

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 21:35

Planning Commission, which is mired in a controversy over what constitutes the poverty line, has spent a whopping Rs 35 lakh for renovation of two toilets here, an RTI reply has revealed.

Rangarajan to head panel for reviewing poverty line

Last Updated: Thursday, May 24, 2012, 13:30

The Planning Commission on Thursday constituted an expert group headed by C Rangarajan to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty.

Poverty decline rate doubled during UPA regime: Montek

Last Updated: Saturday, April 7, 2012, 18:20

As per the data released by the Planning Commission, the rate of poverty reduction between 2004-05 to 2009-10 was 1.5 percent every year whereas it stood at an annual rate of 0.74 percent between 1993-94 to 2004-05.

67% of population may get wheat, rice at Rs 2/kg and Rs 3/kg

Last Updated: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 21:28

Sixty-seven per cent of country's 1.2 billion populations, irrespective of their being below or above poverty line, may become eligible for 5 kg of wheat and rice at Rs 3 and Rs 2, respectively as the government is thinking of making some changes in this regard in Food Bill.

Controversy over poverty line "overdone": WB Prez

Last Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012, 20:14

Lauding India for managing to reduce poverty, WB Prez Robert Zoellick said that controversy over poverty line of daily consumption was overdone.

Controversy over poverty line "overdone", says WB President

Last Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012, 20:11

Lauding India for managing to reduce poverty, World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Friday said that controversy over poverty line of Rs 28.65 daily consumption was "overdone".

Plan panel to set up expert group on poverty in April

Last Updated: Sunday, March 25, 2012, 14:47

Under pressure to review its controversial poverty line of Rs 28.65 daily consumption, the Planning Commission is likely to complete by next month the formation of a technical group to revisit the methodology used to arrive at the figure.

Plan panel uses best methodology to conduct surveys: Ramesh

Last Updated: Sunday, March 25, 2012, 13:54

Joining the debate on controversial poverty line issue, Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has said the surveys being conducted by the Planning Commission use the best available methodology which is refined all the time.