India lifted 170 million out of poverty in a decade: World BankA World Bank report reveals India lifted 170 million people out of poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, with extreme poverty declining sign...
26 Apr, 2025, 12.37 AM IST
Rural poverty falls faster than Urban: SBI ResearchRural poverty in India declined to under 5% in 2023-24, surpassing urban areas, thanks to higher consumption growth among the bottom 0-5% d...
04 Jan, 2025, 12.12 AM IST
What happened to poverty during Covid pandemic in India?The decline in inequality and the much modest increase in poverty during the pandemic as observed in various studies is not a finding exclu...
30 Mar, 2023, 11.49 PM IST
China celebrates official end of extreme poverty, lauds President XiThe propaganda apparatus has been linking national successes to Xi, including fighting the coronavirus, China's rise as a technology creato...
26 Feb, 2021, 12.03 AM IST
India needs to focus on growth to alleviate poverty: Economic SurveyThe Survey said that unlike in advanced economies, in India, economic growth and inequality converge in terms of their effects on socio-eco...
29 Jan, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
Indian Americans household income average USD 120,000 annually: ReportCoalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development in its report said data shows that some groups, like Indian households, are earn...
29 Jan, 2021, 02.39 PM IST
New data may show big cut in number of poorEconomists said rapid economic growth and the use of technology for social sector programmes have helped make a significant dent in extreme...
27 Jan, 2019, 04.13 PM IST
From bicycle to a Land Rover: How Chandra Shekhar Ghosh of Bandhan Bank rose from poverty to richesBandhan on Tuesday made a dream market debut. The scrip got listed at Rs 499 on the NSE, a 33 per cent premium to the issue price of Rs 375.
28 Mar, 2018, 10.49 AM IST
Minorities key to success of India's growth story: Frank IslamIslam, an alumnus of the university, said AMU was an "inseparable part of his life that shaped his story and determined his destiny".
27 Feb, 2016, 05.00 PM IST
China says plans to lift all out of poverty in six yearsChina hopes to lift all its 70 million living beneath the poverty line to safety within the next six years, at an average rate of a million...
12 Oct, 2015, 01.17 PM IST
China says it has over 82 million poor; 200 million according to World BankThe poverty figures, however, vary a great deal from the internationally accepted World Bank standard of $1.25 a day
15 Oct, 2014, 01.19 PM IST
India will not be able to achieve crucial MDG targets: ReportIndia's poverty ratio is likely to be 26.7 per cent by 2015 while child mortality ratio is seen at 52 per thousand live births.
01 Jan, 2013, 08.02 PM IST
- 'Number of poor in developing world fall to 1.29bn in 2005-08'
The number of poor in the developing world declined to 1.29 billion during 2005-08 from 1.94 billion in 1981, a World Bank report said toda...
01 Mar, 2012, 08.25 PM IST
- 49.1 million Americans poor under new census method
The number of Americans living in poverty has jumped by nearly three million to 49.1 million, or 16 per cent of the total population, accor...
08 Nov, 2011, 04.54 PM IST
- Growth in India, China helped in poverty eradication: WB, IMF
Rapid growth in economies like India, China has helped millions escape poverty the World Bank and IMF said
16 Apr, 2011, 04.01 PM IST
- Reforms and poverty numbers
Neeraj Kaushal: India has not seen the kind of declines in poverty as witnessed in most of east Asia during the 1980s and much of the 1990s.
09 Sep, 2008, 12.56 AM IST
- Drop in poverty in Asia, inequality on rise
Economic growth has lifted millions out of extreme poverty, but there is rise in income inequality, says UN report.
02 Jul, 2007, 06.02 PM IST