Poverty figures drop by 50 million, India on way to become middle-income nation: Study
By KAVEESHA KOHLI Study based on World Bank data says the drop has happened in the past two years, but Congress govt’s NREGA scheme also played […]
Poverty & Hunger
Sustainable farming, ‘key’ to world free of hunger, malnutrition, says UN agriculture chief
There will be “no sustainable future without eradicating poverty and hunger,” the United Nations agriculture agency chief spelled out on Monday, launching the Food and […]
From being poor to feeding the hungry, meet ‘Rotti Mahadevi’
Twenty-eight years ago, when newly-wed Mahadevi Nandikolmath wanted to end her life, it was a defeat of her resilience and the win of poverty. Married […]
Facts About Poverty in India: Progress and Challenges
By Isha Kakar India’s economic power is growing at unprecedented rates. However, despite being one of the world’s fastest growing economies, India has a long way […]
Thousands of Indians die of hunger every day
By Vaidehi Three girls — aged eight, four and two years recently died in Delhi after succumbing to starvation. These children had died of malnourishment. […]
Here are 5 things you can do to solve world hunger
Ironically, the world produces more than enough food to feed the planet’s population but people are still dying because of hunger. In India, around 21.25 […]
Is malnutrition in India a gender problem?
By Dr. Rita Prasad One in every three children in India is under-nourished. While the notorious levels of child malnutrition is a well-recognised fact in […]
Growth at 8.2%, Yet All Is Not Well in India’s Unorganised Sector
By Arun Kumar The way we estimate growth in the unorganised sector should have changed after demonetisation, but it didn’t. The assumptions of the old methodology […]
Emerson’s Emancipation and Changing Status of US Women
By BIBHUTI PATI In 1965 over five million young Americans were attending colleges or universities. Similarly, the period between 1890’s and 1900’s brought in great […]
Nutrition and livelihoods: A weapon that can kill two birds — hunger and rural poverty
A proposed scheme for inclusion of milk in the National Mid-Day Meal programme and delivering it to 10 crore schoolchildren. By BM Vyas & Manu […]