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Tags: Bihar, climate change, failure of government program, natural resources | Category: Community development, Farmers, Social Problem, climate change
Can India compensate Bihar for its lower energy consumption? India is arguing in climate change dialogue that wealthy nation should compensate poor for its lower energy consumption. Thanks to Bihar and other poor states that India can claim to have lower energy consumption rate and putting strong argument against cliamte Continue reading Can India compensate Bihar for its lower energy consumption? Print This Post
Tags: Agriculture, Bihar, Farmers, green revolution, pobreza mundial, rural poverty, sustainable agriculture | Category: Agriculture, Community development, Farmers, Nutrition, Social Problem
Malnutrition affecting one in five Indians 45 percent of all children under age three in India are underweight – a higher average prevalence than in sub-Saharan Africa (UNISEF) Despite vast improvements in the country’s economy, under-nutrition remains a challenge in India. While real incomes and real wages have increased, there has been an offsetting reduction in Continue reading Cause of declining nutritional quality in India: is it biased Green Revolution? Print This Post
Tags: Anita de Tarragona, Bihar, Diario de Anita, india, Pojh, Tour, tourismo eco-cultural | Category: Diario de Anita, General, Travel, Viaje
Día 2: Patna Hoy he tenido el placer de conocer el concepto del tiempo hindú; ¡no existe! Al bajar del tren, con cuatro horas de retraso, he podido sentir centenares de miradas encima de nosotros. Todo el mundo nos estaba observando con una coriusidad tan intensa, que se podia llegar a percibir con los propios sentidos. Sin Continue reading (Español) Mi diario de India (Dia 2) Print This Post
Tags: Bihar, Diario de Anita, india, Pojh, Responsible tourism, Tour, tourismo eco-cultural | Category: Diario de Anita, General, Travel, Viaje
Día 1. Nueva Delhi Llegada a aeropuerto de Nueva Delhi Nada más que aterrar en ese desconocido país, dos de los Trabajadores del aeropuerto al que llegué, me recibieron con sonrisas y amabilidades, Característica que más adelante asocié A LOS miembros de esta sociedad. Elogiaban mi nombre, que sin saberlo yo, es de origen hundú. Uno de Continue reading (Español) Mi diario de India (Dia 1) Print This Post
Tags: Bihar, bihar times, Education, failure of government program, goverbment school, midday meal program | Category: Education, General, Social Problem, news comments
News published on Bihar Times (Online news of Bihar) on 7th of Oct 2009 Bihar to dissociate teachers from Mid-Day Meal Scheme Patna, (BiharTimes): The state government is planning to completely dissociate teachers from the Mid-Day Meal Scheme as it is taking a huge toll on the education of the children. It is also working on alternative Continue reading Mid-Day Meal Scheme and teachers performance Print This Post
Tags: Bihar, india, Javier trip to India, Pojh, Responsible tourism, tourismo eco-cultural | Category: General, Travel, Viaje
First of all, I’d like to introduce myself. I’m Javier, a boy from Barcelona (Spain) who was in Pojh (Bihar, India) last July. I was there with the NGO. We were a group of 7 young people (including Marta who already wrote on the website). As she mostly commented on her impressions about India, I’ll try to Continue reading Experience in India Print This Post
Tags: Bihar, EU Farm subsidies, Farmers, farmers' suicide, pobreza mundial, Pojh, suicidio agricultores | Category: Agriculture, Farmers, Social Problem, environment
Recently I was in Tarragona (Spain) and had some discussion about poverty in India, Indians’ resistance to EU-US farm subsidies, and links to poverty and farmers’ suicide in India. I was putting some strong points like we in Europe are equally responsible for farmers’ suicide and poverty in the world. We all have blood in Continue reading EU farm subsidy, world poverty and Indian farmers’ suicide Print This Post
Tags: Bihar, Brazil, Farmers, favelas, natural resources, rural poverty, sustainable agriculture | Category: Agriculture, Community development, Farmers, General, Social Problem
Land distribution in Brazil Today, 47 percent of Brazil’s land is owned by just 1 percent of the population, making the country’s land distribution the second most unequal in the world and a glaring inequality in a nation known for its stark division between rich and poor. As a result, a class of four and a Continue reading Brazil and Bihar – different context but same story Print This Post
Tags: Bihar, Calcutta, city of joy, Ciudad de la alegría, Farmers, Kalkota, Patrick Swayze, película | Category: General
“One thing I’m not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won’t live.” – Patrick Swayze. The actor Patrick Swayze died on 14th of Sept 2009 at the age of 57 after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Still from film City of Joy Patric Swayze Continue reading Patrick Swayze, City of Joy and Bihar |
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81.4 percent of Bihar population is poor says UN report
Patna,(BiharTimes): Now the bad news for Bihar. It is as poor as and as backward as strife-torn African countries like Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. It continues to occupy the bottom place in India with Jharkhand slightly better.
The new Multi dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) puts proportion of poor in Bihar 81.4 percent of
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