motivation of the research is to study the potential of the NFRE to alleviate rural poverty, selection criteria included poverty …

The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual … 48.95 percent of income) on food articles yielding energy. Some 38.4 percent of these households are below poverty line … in the sample households are below poverty line. The mean energy intake of these households is slightly less than 1600 …

In this paper we report our findings as to the extent of poverty among the casual labourers of Shillong, the capital … city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and …

In this paper we report our findings as to the extent of poverty among the casual labourers of Shillong, the capital … city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and …

The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual … energy. Some 38.4 percent of these households are below poverty line (fixed at Rs. 396 per capita per month). Poorer … households have larger family size. Consequently, some 46.5 percent persons in the sample households are below poverty line. The …