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Measurement of poverty: A Methodology deeply flawed

http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/05/stories/2010020554300800.htm

A methodology deeply flawedMadhura Swaminathan

The poverty line that the Tendulkar Committee proposes depends on reducedcalorie consumption, and fails to provide for reasonable householdexpenditures on schooling and health.

For some years, the Government of India has been under pressure to change the norms for calculating the official poverty line. Current norms have resulted in gross and [...]

Making Sense of Statistics on School Education in India

One of the most serious failures of post-independence development policies in India is the fact that, even after more than sixty years of independence, a large number of children in India do not receive basic schooling. In view of this, monitoring trends in access to basic schooling is of much interest.

While various official agencies are involved [...]

Installing mysql workbench on debian

Debian does not yet have a package for Mysql Workbench in its repositories. The website of Mysql Workbench has an ubuntu package but it does not directly install in debian. To install it on debian, you need to separately install all the dependencies.

The following steps will take you through the process of installation. Please note that [...]