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INDIA POVERTY DECLINE
India records one of the fastest poverty declines in the world, poverty down from 27.1% to 2.6%: World BankIndia has seen a significant decline in poverty, with the rate dropping from 27.1 percent to 2.6 percent. Approximately 496 million people ...
World Bank sounds alarm on food crisis as energy shock and El Nino push commodity prices up 23%Global commodity prices are projected to rise significantly in 2026, driven by conflict in the Middle East and supply disruptions. Energy p...
Child marriage: Progress made, but millions of girls still at risk in India, say expertsIndia still exhibits troubling child marriage rates, with one in three child brides globally residing in the country. Significant improveme...
‘Productivity growth in consumer services is powering India’s rise’Dani Rodrik highlights the relationship between ending poverty, boosting the global middle class, and addressing climate change. He emphasi...
The missing middle in Asia’s finance puzzle: AVPN CEO on MSMEs, capital and capabilityFrom MSME finance and AI skilling to blended capital and climate investment, AVPN CEO Naina Subberwal Batra explains why coordination is be...
Inspirational quote of the day by Mother Teresa: 'The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.' - Powerful wisdom on achieving success, self-discipline, integrity and why you should practise what you preachQuote of the Day by Mother Teresa: “The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.” The quote highlights a simp...
India's middle-income trap has a problem money may fixEconomist Thomas Piketty says India can escape the middle-income trap through massive investment in education, healthcare and infrastructur...
From hunger to obesity: Developing world faces growing threat to child healthChildhood obesity is rapidly increasing in developing nations, creating a significant health challenge. This epidemic is now outpacing unde...
India’s WTO resistance risks slowing investment in developing nationsThe IFDA has backing from 131 WTO members, including 94 developing countries, and focuses on reducing red tape and making it easier to attr...
India’s poverty levels continue to fall as SBI projects 4.6% rate for 2024A State Bank of India report estimates India's poverty rate to decline to 4.6% in 2024, a significant drop from the World Bank's 5.3% estim...
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...
Poverty in India declines to 8.5% from 21.2% in 2011-12: NCAER paperPoverty in India declined from 21.2% in 2011-12 to 8.5% in 2022-24, despite pandemic challenges, according to NCAER's report "Rethinking So...
India’s poverty rate declined to 4.5-5% in 2022-23: SBI ResearchIndia's poverty rate declined to 4.5-5% in 2022-23, with rural poverty declining to 7.2% and urban poverty down to 4.6%. This decline is at...
Aspirational districts fare better in poverty reductionThe average decline in number of multidimensionally poor was higher for aspirational districts between 2015-16 and 2019-21. However, they s...
Extreme poverty in India declined by 12 percentage points between 2011-2019: World BankThe extreme poverty count fell from 22.5% in 2011 to 10.2% in 2019 and the decline in rural areas was much higher than in urban areas, esti...
View: Informal labour & capital are likely to bear bigger Covid shocksPoverty and its public policy implication are clear. Clarity on inequality is more difficult. For a start, inequality is relative and the w...
At Rs 28 daily consumption, India's poverty declinesAn individual above a monthly consumption of Rs 859.6 in urban and Rs 672.8 in rural areas is not considered poor, as per the controversial...
- Poverty in India declines by 27 %: UN
Riding on the better social indicators like health and primary education, India has achieved an over 27 per cent decline in poverty and is ...
- India sees rising living standards, as poverty ratio declines
The poverty ratio in the country has come down to 22% from 36% in 1993-94 as per initial estimates, the government said.
- Understand relation between growth pattern and poverty
NEW DELHI: Planning Commission deputy chairman K C Pant today said the major factor constraining the inclusion of specific poverty reductio...