aspects of estimation of proportion and number of poor in India. [Planning Commission]. …

in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India. Urban poverty is significant in Rajasthan … with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …

In 2007, the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India began rolling out the Aarogyasri health insurance to reduce … catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …

how did the Indian approach, official in particular, to defining and measuring poverty originate and evolve over time …? What are the major issues regarding the nutritional basis for poverty measurement highlighted in academic and policy … debates in India? How valid are these debates in terms of their methodological basis and data relevance? What are the issues …

Although the UN Resolution on Child, Early and Forced Marriage was adopted unanimously, and India too is party to it … since it did not raise any objections, the officials did discuss concerns regarding poverty and its causal relationship with …

causing asset depletion, increasing debt and worsening poverty. The bulk of ill-health related expenditure in India is borne …This paper examines the multi-dimensional nature of urban poverty with special emphasis on ill-health led deprivation …. As a driver of poverty, ill-health reduces the income earning potential and increases expenditure on medication, thereby …

the continuing controversy in India over poverty lines, they used a framework that rigorously assesses the impact of …The report investigate the relationship between growth and deprivation in India, an issue of immense interest. Given … growth on the poor over a range of poverty lines. Using National sample Surveys on consumption expenditure, they have showed …

: Poverty Line: Pursuit of an Elusive Minimum by M.H. Suryanarayana Fixing Poverty vs. Fixing the Poverty Line by Anirudh … Krishna Agriculture: Is it a Destination for the Poor? by R S Deshpande Can the Rights based NREGA Reduce Poverty? by K … Hanumantha Rao What Role Does Food Security Play in Mitigating Poverty? by S. Indrakant …

The paper reviews the existing evidence on migration-poverty interface in the light of the macro and micro level … studies in India. It also discusses the extent, patterns, and correlates of short term migration with the help a large set of …

It is argued that for households below poverty line any expenditure on health is catastrophic as they are unable to …