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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 201 days ago (http://www.expressindia.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: bmc poverty slums poor economy
The financial capital with its booming economy has a shocking revelation: Of the 1.3 crore people living in the city, around 60 lakh have claimed that their monthly expenditure is less than Rs 591.75.

Worse, they’ve said they do not own a telephone or fridge and that they find it difficult to access basic services such as toilets, schools and shelter.

In short, 12.2 lakh families in Mumba read more »
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Avatar Posted by meemumbaikar 341 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: General | Tags: slums migration poverty population
Forty per cent of Pune's population, an estimated 14 lakh people, live in slums.

According to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) estimates, some 88,000 people migrated to the city in 2006, of which 45,000 settled in the slums. Every year, the number of people migrating to the city will continue to multiply.

The Town and Country Planning Organisation (TCPO), the technical arm of the ministr read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 397 days ago (http://www.expressindia.com)
Category: General | Tags: street dreams street pictures
At 11, both Haran and Vicky Roy ran away from their homes in West Bengal, hoping to escape a life of poverty and deprivation. But they landed on the streets of Delhi, alone and vulnerable. Eleven years later, both returned but as budding photographers, chronicling the life on the streets on film. read more »
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Avatar Posted by god 559 days ago (http://www.hindu.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: agriculture farmers suicides poverty
The spate of farmers suicides in crisis-ridden Vidarbha of Maharashtra has drastically come down this year, the State Government has claimed. read more »
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