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The World Bank increased India’s poverty figures by jacking up the international
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 www.indianexpress.com
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Not long ago, the World Bank increased India’s poverty figures by jacking up the international (purchasing power parity-based) poverty line to $1.25 per person per day. (ADB increased it to $1.35.) So there are 456 million (41.6 per cent of population) poor people. The official Planning Commission figure continues to be 27.5 per cent of population, say 300 million people today, depending on what p
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(IITs) are currently fighting, after the Union human resource de
Monday, October 06, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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MUMBAI: Censorship. That is what directors of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are currently fighting, after the Union human resource development ministry edited out their opinion against faculty reservation.
Access to the minutes of the meeting of the standing committee of the IIT council (SCIC), through a right to information query, reveals that the opinion of the seven directors was
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Five die as Gurjars clash with police in Rajasthan
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Cities , Social Issues
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Five people including a policeman have been killed in clashes between police and protestors in Dausa in Rajasthan.The protestors, who are members of the Gurjar community, were demanding Scheduled Tribe status. The community currently is in the Other Backward Caste category.
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Panel suggests 15% minority quota
Thursday, May 24, 2007 www.ndtv.com
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Politics , Social Issues
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The UPA's legal tangle over quotas is yet to unravel but more and more of its panels seem to be taking that route.The Sachar committee had hinted at affirmative action for OBC and dalit Muslims.
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