Global megatrends such as income inequality, climate change, demographic shifts, technological progress, and urbanisation are shaping the future of societies. Yet, their quantitative impacts on development are neither well understood nor established. This paper examines the individual and combined effects of these global forces on poverty, using both cross-section and …
The study involved primary data collection from 9,867 chulhas owners who acquired it during 1996-97 to 2000-01 spread over 128 districts in 24 states. The survey also involved 1979 non-chulhas owners. The main socio-economic findings are: • Agriculturists and daily-wage earners together represented about 75 per cent of owners followed …
It has been a year since Anil Agarwal, the founder editor of Down To Earth, passed away. We remember him every moment. We work as his proxies. We work his dreams; they have become ours, too. His ideas changed many around the world. He changed the way we think. But …
The Jan Chetna Manch said lakhs of slum dwellers in the Capital would observe "Garibi Diwas" and stage demonstrations on March 27 to protest against the Centre's anti-poor Master Plan for Delhi 2021 which would leave lakhs of people, particularly slum dwellers, in the lurch.
The Roma tribe, which migrated from the present-day Northern India and Pakistan to Europe centuries ago, faces conditions there as bad as those in sub-Saharan Africa, says a new report. The report, released by the United Nations Development Programme, has covered about 4 to 5 million Roma - of the …
Britains is starting to canvass support from other leading western governments for an ambitious scheme to double the development funds available to poor countries for the next 15 years.
Effective implementation of poverty alleviation programmes in Madhya Pradesh has resulted in a fall of 5.9% in the poverty rate from 42.52% over the last decade.
Union coal and mines minister Uma Bharati, who is leading the BJP campaign against Congress strongman Digvijay Singh in Madhya Pradesh for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state, on Monday, opened a new front against the chief minister by taking up the cause of the poor in the state. …
Activists fighting against pollution in the Bolaram and Pathancheru industrial estates of Andhra Pradesh faced an ironic situation. First, they fought pollution. Then they fought against the common effluent treatment facilities, the clean-up devices. Based on an affidavit filed by Patancheru Anti-Pollution Committee, a local ngo, the Supreme Court (SC) …
A change in the nature of effluents rendered CETPs redundant in Pali, home to more than 1,000 registered and unregistered textile processing industries. These industries generate effluents to the tune of about 35 million litres per day (mld). The first CETP came up in 1983. When a feasibility study for …
The Uttar Pradesh government is considering a draft proposal to spend Rs 10000 crore on urban poverty alleviation. The draft proposal has been prepared and submitted by the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) for consideration of the state government for making and implementing urban poverty alleviation programmes.
The apex body of community finance institutions, Sa-Dhan, in collaboration with Infrastructure Development Finance Co Ltd (IDFC) and the Ramanathan Foundation is organising a seminar on
The incidence of poverty and unemployment in Pakistan has increased over the last 15 years, almost highest in South Asia, owing to macro-economic strategy based on structural adjustment programmes imposed by the IMF and the World Bank , says a report prepared by the Mehbub-ul-Haq Human Development Centre.
In its resolve to fight poverty, the Orissa government has set a higher target of reducing poverty by 5 per cent during the Tenth Plan period and by 15 per cent during the Eleventh Plan period. Orissa is the poorest state in the country with 47.15 per cent people living …
A convention called by N. N. Krishnadas, MP, to protest against the use of the Malampuzha irrigation project water for the proposed Palakkad Industrial Water Supply Scheme has decided to organise mass agitation against the use of Malampuzha water for industrial purposes as there is already a shortage of water …
Residents of the twin cities have to brace up for facing a possible water shortage in the coming months. The alternative scheme to bring Krishna waters to the Hyderabad city by next June has been dropped and now the people will have to wait till March 2004 for the original …
The meager water levels in the reservoirs on Krishna and Godavari rivers notwithstanding, APGenco has decided to intensify its efforts to construct hydel power stations in the coming years. As part of the efforts, global tenders have been called for construction of 6x39 MW Priyadarshini Jurala Hydro Electric Project on …
Chief Minister SM Krishna has written a letter to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, seeking a Cauvery River Authority (CRA) meet to reconsider a decision taken in Sept 2002 on release of water to Tamil Nadu.
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka may enter into an agreement regarding exchange of Krishna water, with electricity. As per the deal, if Karnataka releases about 20 TMC water from Almatti Dam, Andhra Pradesh may supply around 50 MW power at rates lower than that of the national grids.
• Inequality within and among nations contributes to political unrest, and drives migration in search of more favourable conditions • Economic growth alone will not end poverty. The gap between rich and poor has been growing • In 1960, the world’s wealthiest 20 per cent earned 30 times more than …
