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Extreme poverty nearly alleviated in India: SBI research

As the poverty rates in the country declined below 5 percent in 2024, a research study by State Bank of India also highlighted that the extreme poverty in the country has been reduced to minimal.......

Extreme poverty in India falls by over 21%: World Bank

India's extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3 per cent over a decade from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 even as the World Bank revised upwards its threshold poverty line to $3 per day. Image......

'According To Govt, There's Hardly Any Poverty'

'All governments are scared of a negative image.''Somehow, this government has a tendency to create a narrative that things are improving.''When the real data gives a different picture, they are......

Nitish Kumar Has The Opportunity Of A Lifetime To Change Bihar

If he cannot do it this term by using his bureaucracy and experts from different fields, it will be a tragedy, asserts Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at an election meeting......

'BJP Isn't Undefeatable In North India, But...'

'...the electoral playing field is tilted significantly in its favour.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters as the National Democratic Alliance wins the Bihar assembly elections......

8.2% Indian Americans live below poverty line

Boasting of having the highest per capita income among all the major ethnic groups, more than eight percent of the nearly three million Indian Americans are living below the poverty line in the......

Orissa shining: State lifts 3 mn out of poverty

Orissa has lifted around 3 million people out of poverty and has made the strongest fiscal turnaround among all states six years between 2000 and 2006. Over 45 per cent of Orissa's population is,......

India's GDP growth revised downward to 6.3% for 2025

India's economic growth forecast for 2025 has been revised downward to 6.3 per cent, and despite a projected moderation, the country remains one of the fastest-growing large economies, supported by......

Did poverty and inequality spike during Covid?

Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the Covid-19 pandemic are patently false as such claims are based on uncomparable different surveys, according to a paper co-authored by......

Poverty fell to 24% in 2000-01

The 56th round of the National Sample Survey Organisations' household consumption expenditure survey indicates a drop in poverty levels in the country.The percentage of population below the poverty......

The People Mumbai Forgot

'When the mill strike started, there was crisis in every mill worker household.''One entire generation went without education.''Hunger forced them to take to crime.' IMAGE: Scenes from Todi Mill......

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Extreme poverty nearly alleviated in India: SBI research

Extreme poverty in India falls by over 21%: World Bank

'According To Govt, There's Hardly Any Poverty'

Nitish Kumar Has The Opportunity Of A Lifetime To Change Bihar

'BJP Isn't Undefeatable In North India, But...'

8.2% Indian Americans live below poverty line

Orissa shining: State lifts 3 mn out of poverty

India's GDP growth revised downward to 6.3% for 2025

Did poverty and inequality spike during Covid?

Poverty fell to 24% in 2000-01

The People Mumbai Forgot

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