Poverty alleviation and growth
The Hindu
These essays on topics ranging from poverty reduction policies to caste in India to the employment guarantee scheme provide a transformative agenda on development economics
Can large cash transfers, an effective right to work, an accountable public healthcare system, and a sovereign fund that makes all citizens co-owners of the nation’s financial wealth, together create a new development paradigm for India? The present volume could be read in this manner. The collection contains a wide variety of essays on topics ranging from poverty reduction policies, role of property rights and financial inclusion, to caste in India and autocrats in Muslim-majority countries. The common theme is the economist Pranab Bardhan whose contributions, described by the editors as “co-terminus with the emergence of modern development economics,” inspire the essays.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.