Survival of the richest: the India story
Just five percent of Indians own more than 60 percent of the country’s wealth while the bottom 50 percent of India’s population possess only three percent of wealth, according to Oxfam India’s latest report
Oxfam India
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Food security in India: performance, challenges and policies
This paper examines performance, challenges, and policies in food security in terms of availability, access, and absorption or nutrition.
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National Rural Employment Guarantee: issues, concerns and prospects
NREGS is a massive rights-based social protection programme of the country. It evolved tremendously over the past five years, demonstrating the relevance in as well impact on the rural landscape. In spite of being a nationally designed programme, it demonstrated varying performance across states, and several local innovations, improvisations, and adjustments can be seen at the field level.
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Adaptation to climate change in India: a study of union budgets
This latest study released by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountaiblity & Oxfam India reviews the framework on adaptation in India and provides an estimation of the public resources devoted to this sector.
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Flood response in South India 2009
In early October 2009, flash floods hit southern India. The disaster affected nearly two million people and claimed hundreds of lives. Oxfam India responded by providing relief provisions to 13,000 households in two of the worst affected districts, Bagalkot in Karnataka and Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh.