CHENNAI: The Government of India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a memorandum of understanding…
Tag: urban poor
Newly merged villages remain exempted from PMC’s healthcare scheme
PUNE: The inhabitants of newly merged 23 villages are still in the waiting line to…
Satellite can advance sustainable development by highlighting poverty
A technique to extrapolate poverty levels in rural settings using satellite data and imaging has…
Living on the edge
Urban slums are the visual manifestation of poverty in cities. Nearly a billion people live…
Anybody for poor?
Are our cities well equipped to welcome the avalanche of new people? Are our economists and sociologists, besides planners ready with any plan, especially for the new lot of urban poor?