Rediff.com » Business » How poverty in India can be eliminated How poverty in India can be eliminated June 29‚ 2007 13:06 IST Share this Ask Users Write a Comment What is the cost of eliminating poverty and hunger in India [ Images ]? That of course depends on the extent of poverty‚ which has been mired in academic debate about the measurement of poverty. <IMG SRC="http://imads.rediff.com/0/OasDefault/Coke_WC_Spons_180x150/coke_bck.gif" WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=250 BORDER=0>
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" MAJOR PROBLEMS FACING PAKISTAN TODAY" Introduction:- Pakistan was established in 1947 and since its inception‚ it has been surrounded by countless issues including but not limited to ill-formed/missing infrastructure‚ insufficient refined resources‚ barren or obsolete factories and technologies‚ imposed conflicts at Kashmir and other fronts and an ever-ready enemy to underscore all the efforts towards
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The assumption among the older generation(s)‚ (40-60+ years) is that by virtue of age‚ some implicit respect and special consideration is due. This attitude seems to be a leftover from a long-faded age of human history‚ one that originated the phrase‚ “respect your elders”. In times past‚ our “elders” were in fact those people in the tribe or community which held the most wisdom. “Elders” were usually composed of the elderly‚ and the elderly were a repository for a lifestyle that reflected the
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Below Poverty Line is an economic benchmark and poverty threshold used by the government of India to indicate economic disadvantage and to identify individuals and households in need of government assistance and aid. It is determined using various parameters which vary from state to state and within states. The present criteria are based on a survey conducted in 2002. Going into a survey due for a decade‚ India’s central government is undecided on criteria to identify families below poverty line.
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Effects on Illiteracy in America Literacy and education plays an important role in America. More than 4 percent of the adult population does not know how to read or write. (Literacy Partners.) Education is the basis of all jobs‚ governmental structure‚ and even society itself. Recent events and documents state the emphasis on the importance of a basic education. The rate of illiteracy is growing at an alarming rate‚ and nothing is being done about it. Illiteracy is a big problem today because it
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the Illiteracy With the development of the human society‚ more and more people began to realize the perniciousness of the illiteracy. In my opinion‚ the illiteracy is the main reason that hinders the social progress. First of all‚ the illiteracy is the obstacle for individuals to communicate. We all know that communication is extremely essential in our daily life as well as commercial activities. The base of communication is the common knowledge of each party. In my opinion‚ illiteracy causes
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India is shining. India is progressing with an amazing growth rate. Growth rate of India is the second highest in the world after that of China. The youth force of India are contributing lot to the same. It is believed that principal reason behind Indian progress is its youth force‚ highest in number in the world. However‚ there is a problem. Huge number of Indian youth are not only unemployed but unemployable. There are two new world leaders China‚ in manufacturing sector and India‚ in service
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Language problem in india .... ITS DIVERSE EFFECTS ON OUR COUNTRYS ECONOMY India is one the greatest or well you can also say one of the weirdest countries in the world…. it’s a country u could never have thought would come over 50 years living together…. Our country on its way had to deal with many great problems… and the one I am going to speak about is the language problem that the Indians faced… According to the linguistic survey of India‚ there are 179 languages and 544 dialects… That’s
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"In Praise of Illiteracy" By Hans Magnus Enzensberger This essay was adapted from a talk given by the author and translated from German‚ which I took from Harper’s Magazine. Can we dispense with the written word? That is the question. Anyone who poses it will have to speak about illiteracy. There’s just one problem: the illiterate is never around when he is the subject of conversation. He simply doesn’t show up; he takes no notice of our assertions; he remains silent. I would therefore like to take
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Services sector is transforming the economic profile of the country and is poised to register tremendous growth and contribute significantly to the overall economy in terms of wealth creation. It is against this backdrop that the Reserve Bank of India constituted a Working Group in December 1999 to examine the possibility of strengthening the existing bill discounting mechanism and extend its scope to services sector in view of the latter’s growing importance. 1.1 The terms of reference of the
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