According to the 2023-24 fractile distribution, the poverty rate in rural areas has dropped to 4.86 per cent, while urban areas report an even lower figure of 4.09 per cent. A report by the State Bank ...

At that time, the state government took the decision to eradicate extreme poverty. Kerala has done very well in eradicating ...

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

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation Using microdata from nationally representative household and labor force surveys, we study the impact and drivers of ...

NEW DELHI, July 17 (Reuters) - Nearly 135 million people, around 10% of India's population, escaped poverty in the five years to March 2021, a government report found on Monday. Rural areas saw the ...

MUMBAI: The southern Indian state of Kerala declared itself free of extreme poverty last Saturday (Nov 1), becoming the first state in the country to achieve the feat. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi ...