Wednesday 21 September 2011

India's poverty line

 The Planning Commission told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that anyone spending more than Rs 965 per month in urban India and Rs 781 in rural India will be deemed not to be poor. Updating the poverty line cut-off figures, the commission said those spending in excess of Rs 32 a day in urban areas or Rs 26 a day in villages will no longer be eligible to draw benefits of central and state government welfare schemes meant for those living below the poverty line. 
From TOI.

Friday 2 September 2011

A roadmap

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I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who. Rudyard Kipling
 
At the very best, The Great Indian Clearance Sale is an art and design project that asks questions and visually explores the environmental issues that affect all of us. The process has been live through blogging, Twitter and Facebook in the hope to inspire everyone to ask questions and explore the world around us in newer and braver ways. 
When we began we knew that every art and design project comes with an expiry date, but we said to ourselves, ‘not this one!’. How could we ever stop asking questions? 
And we won’t.

And we hope neither will you.

But at some point in time, The Great Indian Clearance Sale will become irrelevant and boring, as it happens with art. It just fails to appeal to people. And sometimes the artist moves on. 

But we hope that you will keep asking questions. The wonderful reality of our times is that if you ask questions, you will find a lot more answers than you ever did. And we believe that, people, armed with the right information will make better choices about their future.

Here’s a little roadmap for your adventure in information. We hope you will enjoy going on this adventure as much as we have.