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Poverty and Food Security

According to the data of the 66th round of the National Sample Survey (2009-10), the average dietary energy...

 December 6, 2022

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in its 17th session in September 2015 announced a set of 17...

 December 6, 2022

Financing Urbanization

A well-functioning city needs to reap the benefits of agglomeration. To make cities functional, they first need strong...

 December 6, 2022

Equity and Climate Change

(i) There are two dimensions of equity ' inter-generational and intra-generational. In the specific context of climate change,...

 December 6, 2022

National Agricultural Policy

India's National Agricultural Policy (NAP) has stressed the importance of management and conservation of resources by stating that,...

 December 5, 2022

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), launched in 2016, aims at supporting sustainable production in agriculture sector by...

 December 5, 2022

Social Programmes

Changes in social policies were made to address not only the existing social inequity and concerns, but also...

 December 5, 2022

Poverty

According to the World Bank (2000), 'poverty is pronounced deprivation in well-being.' Well-being is defined as the command...

 December 5, 2022

Social Security Programmes in India

Over the years, various policies and schemes to promote social security have been introduced in India. Some of...

 December 5, 2022

Poverty Estimates

The Expert Group (Lakdawala Committee, 1993) An Expert Group on 'Estimation of Proportion and Number of Poor' was...

 December 5, 2022

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