World Bank should focus on mobilising greater private capital and creating jobs, says FM SitharamanNirmala Sitharaman emphasized the importance of private capital in creating jobs and boosting productivity during her address. She outlined...
15 Oct, 2026, 10.37 PM IST
Healthcare paradox: More access, but who pays?Scaling too fast is irrelevant. The real problem is that India still confuses more hospitals, more doctors and more medicines with better h...
09 Oct, 2026, 10.00 AM IST
‘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...
01 Oct, 2026, 11.31 PM IST
India a 'bright spot' amid uncertainty: Shaktikanta DasIndia recorded average annual real GDP growth of 7.9% between 2021-22 and 2025-26, while growth in the first quarter of 2026-27 stood at 7....
30 Sep, 2026, 12.32 AM IST
India is a stable economy with the ability to withstand external headwinds, says DEA Anuradha ThakurIndia has established its economy as stable amidst global uncertainty, with significant growth in GDP from $2.5 trillion to $4.3 trillion, ...
24 Sep, 2026, 08.36 PM IST
Worsening El Nino threatens Asia with drought, potentially raising food prices globallyExperts warn that the current El Nino phenomenon could become one of the most intense in recorded history, raising alarms over possible dev...
23 Sep, 2026, 11.21 AM IST
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
14 Sep, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Brazil, South Africa, India Key global south partners: Mauro VieiraBrazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira has described Brazil, South Africa and India as major democratic partners of the Global South, stre...
28 Aug, 2026, 10.00 AM IST
270 million Indians out of extreme poverty list: World BankIndia has made remarkable progress in reducing extreme poverty. World Bank data shows nearly 270 million people moved out of extreme povert...
08 Jun, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
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
India is taking millions of its people out of extreme poverty now — this will help to reduce global economic inequality: Justin Wolfers"The biggest low-income nations have moved closer to becoming middle-income — that itself helps to reduce global income inequality. Regardi...
08 Sep, 2023, 12.08 AM IST
India should focus more on reducing poverty than inequality: Arvind PanagariyaInequality is complex as well as multi-dimensional and in developing countries like India, poverty reduction should take precedence over in...
28 Aug, 2017, 02.27 PM IST
'Vested interests setback to India's poverty reduction quest'The economist said it was "ironical" that during the peak period of the country's development, the corresponding indexes for poverty reduct...
01 Apr, 2014, 02.00 PM IST
India to meet poverty reduction goal by 2015: UN ReportDespite widespread poverty in the country, India is on track to meet UN's Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of poverty reduction by 2015, a...
05 Jul, 2013, 08.18 PM IST
India needs high GDP growth to reduce poverty at faster pace: Montek Singh AhluwaliaThe reduction in poverty will be slower if the economic growth is not brought back on high growth track, said Planning Commission Deputy Ch...
01 Dec, 2012, 06.44 PM IST
Slippage in growth below 6% will make poverty reduction distant goalsTo achieve a reduction in the number of deprived households, we need a minimum of 6% growth in the economy. Thus, high growth is equally im...
15 Oct, 2012, 12.12 PM IST
- Why poverty reduction lags economic expansion in India
The rapid economic expansion over that past two decades has not resulted in matching reduction in poverty
09 Sep, 2008, 03.37 AM IST