Pages tagged with Poverty Line
The title summarizes what the page says. This is a Roundel poem summarzing the state of the poverty stricken.
This describes what I am doing to get off of disability and make my writing dreams come true at the same time. It also asks the readers for help.
A housing estate built in 1950's has a culture of anti everything outside their poisoned minds
The environment needs to be protected but not at the cost of progress of the mankind. Several countries need to take concerted action to provide the basic amenities and uplift people above the poverty line. What is needed a proper balance between the two.
Slight changes in the definition of poverty line can change the number of poor in India by tens of millions. Recent change in the official definition of poverty line added 50 million people in the poor category, raising the number of poor from 27% to 33%.
Poverty is not merely an income issue. It has several dimensions that can only be analyzed if viewed through multidimensional indicators. Different poverty indicators give different sets of useful information for the policy makers.
Poverty in India can be best described through the Global Hunger Index (GHI). It uncovers the fact that there is wide spectrum of poverty and hence, hunger across India. Economic growth does not necessarily reduce poverty. India scores poorly on this index compared to its economic sta...
Of the 1.21 billion population, between 400 and 665 million people are poor in India. The latest poverty line is rupees 32 (64 cents) per day for cities and rupees 26 (52 cents) for the Indian villages!! Can people really survive on this meager amount is the real question?
This article discusses two major causes of poverty faced by people in the world
