Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
With international pressure mounting on India to cut emissions in the fight against climate change, the government’s goal of providing ‘power for all’ seems to be a tall order. The country remains critically dependent on coal for electricity generation. The government must promote off-grid electricity solutions from renewable sources like …
Chennai: A National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) study found that nearly half of the country’s farmer households are in debt. Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Punjab are the top three states recording highest percentage of farmers in debt. Of the 89.35 million farmer households in the country, 43.42 million are …
PMO approved the criteria that put family of 5 having . 26/day above poverty line Faced with fierce criticism over the Planning Commission’s new criteria for poverty line, the Government has asked the Plan panel to revise its affidavit. The Planning Commission had said that that those spending more than …
New Delhi: Updating the poverty line cutoff figures, the Planning Commission said that those spending in excess of Rs 32 a day in urban areas or Rs 26 a day in villages would no longer be eligible to draw benefits for those living below the poverty line. TOI broke down …
A pilot survey has already been conducted in Amritsar, Imphal and Mumbai, will soon reach to other places. For the first time, the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) plans to conduct a nationwide survey to assess the extent of drug abuse in various parts of the country. A pilot survey …
The Centre’s debt relief scheme for the farmers has given anything but relief to the poor farmers. Despite the Rs65,318.33-crore Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme (ADWDRS) launched by the UPA with much fanfare in 2008, nearly 43.42 million (48.6 per cent) of the 89.35 million farmer households are …
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today lamented that most of the current government programmes lacked a proper evaluation mechanism. "We need to assess the impact of government programmes in a more accurate manner and cannot just say that over a period of time the programme has changed lives, …
The Union Cabinet has approved a headcount to assess the number of people below the poverty line (BPL) after a gap of nine years, but it could not end a debate over the methodology of counting the poor and extending social welfare activities like food and health to all. On …
The Prime Minister-appointed panel on Food and Public Distribution System (F&PDS;) headed by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia has suggested that the current system of distributing PDS foodgrain per household should be replaced with per capita allocation. According to National Sample Survey (NSS) data, lower income households have …
Indian being the important consumer of rice, the per capita availability of food (rice) had reached an all-time low of 64 kg per annum in 2008-09, which is 20 kg less than the minimum annual requirement of a normal person (NSSO survey). Therefore, to meet the nutritional needs of the …
United Nation Development Programme's India Urban Poverty Report, 2009 has pegged the number of slum dwellers in Uttar Pradesh at 44 lakh. The sample survey, which was conducted under the 58th round of the National Sample Survey Organisation, also suggests that UP is next only to Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, …
New Delhi: Despite witnessing high economic growth during the last few years, India has been ranked below many of its neighbouring countries like China and Pakistan, a global hunger index published on Monday by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), said. One of the few economies to register healthy growth …
NEW DELHI: Meghalaya has been considered as lowest performing state on many occasions and one of its Union Ministers earlier was ranked the least efficient. But how poor are the people of this naturally beautiful rich state? This intriguing question was raised by none other than the Governor, Ranjit Sekhar …
The majority of households in urban as well as rural areas migrate because of employment opportunities, according to a new government survey. Nearly 55 per cent of households in rural areas and 67 per cent in urban areas migrated for employment-related reasons in 2007-08, says the National Sample Survey Office …
24% Of Shanties Along Drains, 12% Beside Rly Tracks: NSSO Mahendra Kumar Singh | TNN New Delhi: Even as the Indian economy remains one of the bright spots in the world showing an upward growth trajectory, around 49,000 slums continue to blight the urban landscape forcing lakhs of people to …
