Cyrus Broacha also talks about Trinamool Congress, Railways, Asia Cup, Agent Vinod and much more. ...
05:47 PM, Mar 25, 2012
Planning Commission on Monday further reduced poverty line to Rs 28.65 per capita daily consumption in cities and Rs 22.42 in rural areas, scaling down India's poverty ratio to 29.8 per cent in 2009-10. ...
11:55 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said he is open to revising the Rs 29 per day cut off for the poverty line. ...
07:13 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday defended the government's new reduced poverty line, drawn at Rs 28 a day. ...
06:46 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Montek Singh Ahluwalia made it clear that the definition of poverty line remains at Rs 32 per person per day. ...
11:52 PM, Oct 04, 2011
The Government decided to remove the Rs 32 cap in urban areas for determining the poverty line condition on Monday. ...
11:57 PM, Oct 03, 2011
Catch the day's top stories on India at 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:49 PM, Oct 03, 2011
After facing severe criticism over its Rs 32 cap, Montek said that poor won't be excluded from government programmes. ...
11:29 PM, Oct 03, 2011
People all over the country are upset about the Rs 32 BPL cap set by the Planning Commission and are calling it a cruel joke. ...
01:56 PM, Oct 03, 2011
The Planning Commission said that the BPL population at present touched by the public distribution service was 35.98 crore. ...
11:57 PM, Sep 21, 2011
India is witnessing a silent malnutrition crisis. 17 kids have been the victims in a single slum locality in Mumbai since April 2010. ...
09:30 PM, Dec 14, 2010
They allege that the officials are arbitrarily picking up people based on their looks. ...
09:51 AM, Jun 21, 2010
Private hospitals have instructions from courts to treat poor patients for free. ...
03:37 PM, Nov 04, 2009
Govt in a bind as 2 committees give different assessments/ ...
06:44 PM, Oct 11, 2009
Chennai: England captain Andrew Strauss was a delighted man after his team defeated South Africa by six runs in a thrilling low-scoring World Cup encounter at the Chepauk on Sunday. Our guys showed a lot of fighting spirit. We needed that after our defeat against Ireland. A win is all you need to kick-start things. I hope our campaign is back on track, Strauss said at the post-match presentation ceremony. ...
11:20 PM, Dec 26, 2007
Music Composer AR Rahman lends his voice to the fight against poverty through his music. ...
08:27 PM, Feb 18, 2007
