'Before jumping to a conclusion that India has been able to end poverty, we should interrogate the labour markets.' IMAGE: A scavenger, surrounded by a flock of Greater Adjutant birds, collects......
Statistician K L Datta, who has written much on the anomalies in the Tendulkar methodology said the problems inherent in the estimation done for 2004-05 and 2009-10 were evident in the one done now......
The poverty ratio in the country has declined to 21.9 per cent in 2011-12 from 37.2 per cent in 2004-05 on account of increase in per capita consumption, Planning Commission said. According to the......
There is lack of scientific basis in computing the poverty line, says govt. The government has contested the World Bank's recently released data that showed only 12.4 per cent of India's population......
Former Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council chief C Rangarajan has submitted the report on Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty to Planning Minister Rao Inderjit......
IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has lauded the new policy of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) mandating daily......