Tag Below Poverty Line
15 May 2013 To The Chairman West Bengal Human Rights Commission Bhabani Bhaban Alipur Kolkata – 27 Respected Sir, I want to draw your kind attention on an incident of inhumane rape on a minor girl… Continue Reading →
J. BALAJI, The Hindu, Feb 15,2013 In a most heart-rending situation, a poor family (parents) in Odisha’s Balasore district has chained their 30-year-old mentally challenged daughter in a bamboo grove just because she behaves violently and they do not… Continue Reading →
By Mahendra Kumar Singh, TNN | Jan 14, 2013, 04.36 AM IST NEW DELHI: The urban poor will now be identified on the basis of social, economic and occupational vulnerabilities as the housing and poverty alleviation ministry has decided to junk the Planning Commission‘s income… Continue Reading →
7 DEC, 2012,PTI NEW DELHI: Ration shop dealers today threatened to go on strike demanding that direct cash transfer scheme should be withdrawn, and accused the government of being lethargic in strengthening the food distribution system. … Continue Reading →
If the system doesn’t work, don’t fix it, just dismantle it, the government appears to be saying in the matter of cash transfers in lieu of subsidies, writes Sachin Kumar Jain Since 2005, the government has indicated a preference for… Continue Reading →
ANKITA AGGARWAL, The Hindu People at Gola block office in Ramgarh district listening to the yatris demand for universal old age pension to Food campaign launched a series of yatras in north India last month. Ankita Aggarwal joined the Jharkhand… Continue Reading →
Indira Hirway, The Hindu APLOSING TRACK: The growth process in Gujarat has paid limited attention to the well-being of the masses. File Photo Low wage rates, poorly functioning public schemes and patchy access to water and sanitation are the real… Continue Reading →
Indira Hirway, The Hindu APLOSING TRACK: The growth process in Gujarat has paid limited attention to the well-being of the masses. File Photo Low wage rates, poorly functioning public schemes and patchy access to water and sanitation are the real… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGvMwgNkueQ&feature=youtu.be&a] At the stroke of midnight when the world sleeps, India awakes, Yes! India has woken up to freedom, but for whom? After 67 years of Independence, The poor have no kapda, roti, makaan so let them have cell phones. The… Continue Reading →
Chandigarh, Fri Feb 10 2012, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday announced that a State Urban Health Mission would be launched to provide comprehensive health services particularly targeting the slum areas. The Chief Minister also announced that under… Continue Reading →