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#India – The dishonesty in counting the poor

July 30, 2013   Utsa Patnaik, The Hindu The Planning Commission’s spurious method shows a decline in poverty because it has continuously lowered the measuring standard The Planning Commission has once again embarrassed us with its claims of decline in… Continue Reading →

#India- Unable to feed poor, Maharashtra makes them vanish #Wtfnews

Published: Monday, Dec 24, 2012, 7:00 IST By Yogesh Pawar | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA The Maharashtra government continues to use a 2002 list denying over 50 lakh of below poverty line (BPL) people who barely earn enough for one meal… Continue Reading →

Notes from an illuminating journey #sundayreading

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 →

#India – After 67 years of #Independence- ‘ YEH KAISI AZADI HAI”

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[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 →

Bihar: Private hospitals removing uterus and making money of the insurance scheme

      30 JULY 2012     Bihar: It is reported that some of the private hospitals at Bihar is using Government’s insurance scheme provided for the people below the poverty line (BPL) and against the moral principles they… Continue Reading →

Walking the Corporate Plunder Line- How to Beat Poverty in India

by P. SAINATH in Counterpunch One Tendulkar makes the big scores. The other wrecks the averages. The Planning Commission clearly prefers Suresh to Sachin. Using Professor Tendulkar’s methodology, it declares that there’s been another massive fall in poverty. Yes, another… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra Govt issues important GR related to mis-use of Ration card

The Govt of Mah. has issued a GR on 16th Jan 2012 stating ration cards can no longer be used during this election as identity card nor ration card will be used as resident proof any longer(in ration card this… Continue Reading →

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