Poverty Report
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Nitish Kumar proposes to expand caste-based reservations in Bihar to 65%
In 1992, the Supreme Court had capped total caste-based quota to 50%.
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Gujarat added 1,359 families to below poverty line list in two years
A person who spends Rs 33.3 a day in urban areas and Rs 27.2 in rural areas is considered to be below the poverty line.
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5.6 crore Indians plunged into poverty in 2020, says World Bank
Data from a survey conducted by think tank CMIE had to be used as India has not published official figures since 2011, the financial body said.
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Will I risk paralysis to get bail?’: Arvind Kejriwal denies eating sugary foods in prison
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India reduced poverty fastest among group of 10 developing nations, Jharkhand best region: UN report
The report found 1.3 billion people across 101 countries ‘multidimensionally poor’, or deprived across several key indicators.
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Around the world, traditional fisheries are throwing away fish that could feed those in poverty
Fish with high nutritional value is being eaten by feral dogs and birds, a study has found.
Richard K.F. Unsworth, The Conversation, Benjamin L. Jones, The Conversation & Leanne Cullen-Unsworth, The Conversation