IndiaIn spite of rapid economic growth in the past three decades, poverty rates in India remain high, especially in certain regions and among the socially excluded groups. However, what has happened to poverty in India, especially after the onset of economic reforms in 1991, has been fiercely ...
contain very high rates of rural poverty. In these regions, indigenous communities have been living on the margins of development processes and government (or international) programs. Migration to urban areas is often the only way to findemploymentand - thus - escape poverty. ...
The main aim is to provide free houses for the people living in the rural areas that are considered BPL. Here, the advancement is made through the subsidy process, involvement of the private sector and reasonable housing to the people at subsidized rates. 4. National Social Ass...
In India, as in other countries, indexes of consumer prices perform many important functions. Millions of workers have their wages indexed to some measure of the price level. Just as important is the issue that is our main focus here, the estimation of poverty. Indian poverty rates are define...
Since 1995, cash transfers to the poor elderly or 'social pensions' have been one of the most important anti-poverty programmes in India. On the assumption that elderly poverty rates are higher than the general population, the minimum eligibility condition is set for 60+ in most states. Our ...
Clear disparities in transport poverty risk across Ireland.High and low transport poverty risk rates are not uniquely attributable to either urban or rural... J Kelly,L Kelleher,Y Guo,... - 《Environmental & Sustainability Indicators》 被引量: 0发表: 2023年 Assessing water poverty in Eastern ...
052.36 respectively. NSSO Data also reveals that rural population on an average spends about 55 per cent of its consumption on food and remaining 45 per cent on non-food items. The following table shows the comparative estimate of the poverty incidence and growth rates in India and some other...
Therefore, policies aimed at lifting the poor out of poverty may not only reduce current poverty rates but might also boost long-term growth. The results also suggest the importance of public services and community infrastructures in determining household poverty status. Secondly, this dissertation ...
It draws on nationally representative data to compare trends in countries' poverty rates and other social indicators with those for indigenous sub-populations and provides comparable data for a wide range of countries all over the world. It estimates global poverty numbers and analyzes other important...
According to UNDP estimates, the number of people, who lived below the $2.15 per day poverty line had declined to 10% in India in 2021. India's federal government offers free food grain to about 800 million people, about 57% of country's 1.4 billion population, whi...