Human development report 2023/2024
After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over the past few years, India’s HDI value has increased to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country 134 out of 193
After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over the past few years, India’s HDI value has increased to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country 134 out of 193
Concerned with the high poverty level despite a growing economy, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today suggested that a legislation on setting up an independent statistical
Uttar Pradesh government will soon conduct a census of the beggars in the state under an ambitious programme, for their upliftment. Though no time frame has been decided for conducting the census, it
Plans for an overhaul of car taxation are to be announced by the European Commission this week, including the abolition of car registration taxes. The proposals will also include incentives to make
The Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Party has demanded allocation of funds for poverty alleviation, so that the widening gap between the affluent and the deprived can be reduced in the larger interest of the
Africa's poor nations now see the shimmering prospect of a substantial increase in foreign aid The question, however, is not just how much extra money the richest donors meeting at the G8 summit on
With growing concern over the steady depletion of underground water reserves, M.R. Morarka-GDC Rural Research Foundation is proposing to take up water conservation initiatives in the urban areas.A
The Planning Commission study that
Development analysts and NGO leaders demanded focused measures on local governance in "Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)' saying compared to the importance it remains an ignored issue in the
Mrs Rajwant Sandhu, Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Public Health, said today that the government had made it mandatory for all buildings in urban areas as well as for all commercial and
The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, here today stressed the need for a "well-planned scheme' for poverty alleviation in urban areas and stressed the need for private-public