Congress didn`t want to end poverty as it feared losing power: Modi

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 17:43

Attacking Congress for "doing nothing for poor", BJP`s PM candidate Narendra Modi said the ruling party, over generations never wanted to educate people and eliminate poverty as it was afraid of being stripped of power.

Poor nations failing to create jobs despite booming growth: UN

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 12:03

The planet's poorest nations such as Angola and Ethiopia have largely failed to cash in on booming economic growth to create the jobs needed to push their ballooning populations out of poverty, the UN warned on Thursday.

Sushma Swaraj slams Congress for its ignorance about poverty

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 20:19

The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj criticised the Congress on Friday for not considering those spending Rs 32 and Rs 28 per day as poor and remarked that it doesn`t know what poverty is.

J&K govt to extend RSBY scheme to 10 more districts

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 17:15

Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to extend Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), which aims to provide health insurance cover to every BPL family, to ten more districts in the state.

Manish Tiwari hits back at BJP, says Congress wants to eliminate poverty

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 20:04

I&B Minister Manish Tiwari said on Sunday that the Congress party wanted to eliminate poverty.

Rahul Gandhi is not an imposed leader: Girija Vyas

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 22:09

Speaking on Zee Media’s Bharat Bhagya Vidhata, the housing and urban poverty alleviation minister stressed that only Congress party has the courage to drop scam-tainted leaders from its government.

World Bank seeks to halve extreme poverty by 2020

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 10:44

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said on Wednesday the global development lender must work to halve extreme poverty in the next seven years if it is to reach a more ambitious target set for 2030.

Number of undernourished people in India down 6.5%: FAO

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 13:26

India, the world's second biggest wheat and rice grower, saw the number of people who suffered from chronic hunger drop by 6.5 percent to 21.38 crore during 2011-13, according to a joint report by UN food agencies.

Economic growth alone can't fight South Asia poverty

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 14:00

The report, titled SAARC Regional Poverty Profile, underlined that still 32 percent of South Asian people live on less than USD 1.25 per person a day, reported Xinhua.

World Bank pledges more funds for poverty reduction

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 13:58

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim pledged to increase funds for poor people in fragile and conflict-affected states, as part of a new strategy for the global development institution to end poverty.