NewsRack: fredericknoronha/poverty/poverty

India's slum population to be over 93 million in 2011 - New Kerala: World News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Urban slum population seen near 100 mn - IE: Economy News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

There has been a growth of 17.8 million in urban slum population of the country in the last decade...

93 million Indians to live in urban slums by 2011 - Rediff: Business

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

There has been a growth of 17.8 million in urban slum population of India in the last decade, according to a government committee formed to create a 'reliable statistical model' of enumerating people living in such areas.

Hindus want Internet access as fundamental right - New Kerala: India News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Comprehensive law to check illegal migration on the cards - Hindu: News

Special Correspondent — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi has said that the Union government plans to introduce a comprehensive legislation to fight illegal migration and ensure the protection and w...

Here's why I will take the State with all its faults and not the Maoists - GovernanceNow: News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The argument for the existence of Maoist extremism is very convincing. You cannot argue with the fact that the Indian State has, in the last 60 plus years, delivered a very deficient, delinquent and d

Urban slum population to be 93.06 million by next year - Deccan Herald: National

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Urban slum population to be 93.06 million by next year

Cancel all debt to Pak: Oxfam - Hindustan Times: News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

International aid agency Oxfam has warned that the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) latest instalment of $ 450 million loan to flood-ravaged Pakistan would risk plunging the country into debt that it can ill afford.

India's housing deficit over 26 million - GovernanceNow: Top Stories

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A house for the average Indian is hard pursuit, says a government body. The national Real Estate DevelopmentCouncil (NREDC) under the housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry estimates a housing

Darfur: UN-AU envoy meets World Bank officials - New Kerala: India News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Govt to allot 2.5 MT foodgrains for BPL families - Doordarshan

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The government on Thursday decided to release an additional 2.5 million tonnes of foodgrains to states for distribution among the poor, following a warning from the Supreme Court over rotting foodgrains.

Cancel all bilateral and multilateral debt to Pak: Oxfam - Deccan Herald: International

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Cancel all bilateral and multilateral debt to Pak: Oxfam

Cancel all multilateral debt to Pak: Oxfam - Hindustan Times: News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The long road to food security - The Pioneer

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The long road to food security

Italy and France to start afresh - Telegraph: Sports

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

London: France and Italy, still raw from their World Cup embarrassments, start afresh on Friday when with new coaches they begin qualifying for the 2012 European championship against Belarus and Estonia respectively.

Grain for poor, but not free - Telegraph: Nation

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

New Delhi, Sept. 2: The Centre today decided to release an additional 2.5 million tonnes of foodgrain to be sold as ration to the poor following Tuesday's Supreme Court rap, but deferred a decision on the court's order to give it free.

Govt to release grains for poor, but not free - Hindustan Times: News

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The government on Thursday decided to release an additional 2.5 million tonnes of foodgrains to states for distribution among the poor, following a reprimand from the Supreme Court over rotting foodgrains despite hungry millions. Tracking hunger

Column : Getting it right on - Financial Express

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Column : Getting it right on

More families to get PDS grain as SC order forces govt hand - Financial Express

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

More families to get PDS grain as SC order forces govt hand

Reach out to masses, Pranab tells insurers - Hindustan Times: Business

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The insurance industry should increase the penetration of its products by increasing awareness in the country and lowering costs by adopting new technology, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday. HT reports.

More than 49 million Americans 'food insecure': Study - TOI: The United States

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

More than 49 million people in the United States do not have regular access to nutritious meals, putting them at risk of a raft of physical, psychological and social problems, a report said on Thursday.

Govt to push more grain into PDS - Mint: Indicators

Liz Mathew and Sanjiv Shankaran — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Wheat and rice will be pumped into the system over the next six months toensure food security

India's empty underbelly - Hindustan Times: Views

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Doling out foodgrain for free may not be an option. But that doesn't mean we let it rot.

People in State desire change, says Ramadoss - Hindu: News

Special Correspondent — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

PMK founder S. Ramadoss on Thursday urged his party workers to prepare people for a change in government since the public desired a change.Addressing Chennai district PMK functionaries, he...

India-EU FTA talks termed non-transparent - Hindu: News

Sujay Mehdudia — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Big business and vested interests have hijacked negotiations for new deal, says study