Can data really define poverty in India? The numbers certainly suggest progress. Fewer people live below the international poverty line. More people have access to food, jobs, electricity, and housing ...

Poverty reduction in India is showing progress. Over 2015–2021, the World Bank reported a decrease in poverty from 60.9 to 46.5 per cent and India's National Institution for Transforming India ...

Despite India making great strides in the reduction of poverty, about 206 million children in the country lack access to one ...

In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...

Statistics can be fairly deceptive. At least, this is suggested by latest estimates released by World Bank, according to which India’s extreme poverty rate dropped to 5.3% in 2022-23 from 27.1% in ...

MUMBAI, India – As the Church marked the World Day of the Poor, an archbishop in India spoke about how in one area rich in minerals and forest, the people still suffer from poverty. Archbishop Vincent ...

Nearly 7-10 million people require palliative care (PC) in India, but less than four per cent have access to it, said a ...

India lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty between 2011 and 2022, but still has the largest number of poor people in the world. More than 350 million Indians still lack access to ...

In a significant endeavor to tackle poverty-related issues, sixty graduate students at Kristu Jayanti College, a member institution of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) in India that also ...

A recent study revealed that children living in the most climate-vulnerable districts in India are at a greater risk of not ...

GANDAMAN, India/NEW DELHI, July 21 (Reuters) - The village school in India where 23 children died by poisoning last week had been providing lunch under a government-sponsored scheme without checks or ...

Estimates of poverty in India are crucial inputs for the understanding of world poverty, yet there is much disagreement about the numbers and the legitimacy of methods used to derive them. In this ...