India has recorded a sharp decline in poverty over the last decade, the World Bank stated this in its latest report “Poverty & Equity Brief,” showing that extreme poverty fell to 2.3% in 2022–23, down ...

Growth is not the sole objective of economic policy. It is necessary to ensure that the benefits of growth accrue to all sections. Eradication of poverty is thus an important objective. The objective ...

There is no shortage of government and foundation programs to reduce poverty. Despite the progress made over the last 50 years, poverty persists. Look at India’s growth in the last two decades fueled ...

NEW DELHI — India’s finance minister said on Monday fast economic growth and rapid urbanization would slash the number of people in extreme poverty by 2021 and end it completely in the decade after ...

A review by Andrew Nathan in the November/December Foreign Affairs examines two books on poverty reduction in India, home to some 35 percent of the world’s poorest people. The first volume is Poverty ...

India knows how to count the poor. From ration cards to multi-decade surveys such as the National Sample Survey, there are sophisticated systems to track deprivation – who’s getting by, who’s falling ...

NEW DELHI (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 strongest ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new exhibition of art from India at Charles Saatchi's London gallery tackles issues including poverty, the environment, war, religion and the region of Kashmir disputed by ...