In June 2012, the Government of India appointed an Expert Group (C. Rangarajan as Chairman) to take a fresh look at the methodology for the measurement of poverty. The Committee submitted its report towards the end of June 2014. The purpose of this article is to briefly explain the approach...

Income generating projects represent one strategy adopted by theDepartment of Social Development to alleviate poverty and foster sustainabledevelopment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions ofbeneficiaries of income generating projects regarding these projects andwhether...

Most studies on poverty alleviation and reduction programmes emphasize structural bottlenecks, asymmetric information, and rent seeking behaviour. This paper provides an analytical characterization of the beneficiaries in a situation of much structural and conditional rigidity, where all...