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Kerala, Telangana CMs trade barbs on governance record ahead of April 9 assembly pollsKerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Telangana's Chief Minister Revanth Reddy exchanged sharp words on governance. Vijayan highligh...
Kerala’s end of extreme poverty: How a lower-middle-income state achieved what few others haveIt should also be noted that it is extreme destitution that is being considered. It would be a different story if the threshold for poverty...
India among five countries with largest number of people living in poverty: UN reportIndia is among the top five countries with the largest populations in poverty, as reported by the UN. The report indicates that 1.1 billion...
After HCES, need new approach to define poverty line: Pronab SenFormer chief statistician Pronab Sen suggests revising the poverty line definition based on new consumption estimates. The government shoul...
India ranks 93 out of 180 countries in corruption perceptions index 2023The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and busines...
At odds with the Multi Dimensional Poverty Index story?The recently released National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): A Progress Review 2023 by NITI Aayog and UNDP reveals a near-halving o...
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...
Proportion of poor dips to 14.9%, 135 mn pulled out of povertyAbout 135 million Indians have moved out of multidimensional poverty in the past five years, according to India's NITI Aayog. The proportio...
UNDP report says 415 mn people lifted out of poverty in India: Govt"As per the 'Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022: Unpacking deprivation bundles to reduce multidimensional poverty' report released ...
A look at the numbers in India's fight against povertyIndia has made tremendous progress in lifting people out of poverty, according to the latest Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) brought o...
Over 50% of the population in Bihar classified as multidimensionally poor: NITI AayogThe index, unveiled by the Aayog recently, shows 51.9% of Bihar’s population is poor followed by 42.16% in Jharkhand, 37.79% in Uttar Prade...
Kerala's poverty index achievement reflective of govt's "unwavering commitment" towards social welfare: VijayanNITI Aayog's Multi-dimensional Poverty (MPI) Index listed the state as the one with lowest poverty of 0.71 per cent across India, followed ...
Niti Aayog fast-tracks development of poverty index to rank statesThe exercise, in line with the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), is aimed at compelling states to take aggressive poverty reduct...
National survey to estimate poverty with new metricsA major exercise has started to help estimate poverty levels, years after the poverty line idea was dumped.
Cong’s minimum income scheme based on Amartya Sen’s poverty indexCongress’ Bhalchandra Mungekar, who is part of the manifesto committee, said: “If BJP can waive off loans to the tune of Rs 3,16,000 crore ...
United Nations' multi-dimensional poverty index depicts 41 per cent of Gujarat is poor: CongressMaharashtra Cong said the United Nations' multi-dimensional poverty index developed in 2013 showed that 41 per cent of people in Gujarat we...
- 8 Indian states have more poor than 26 poorest African nations
Acute poverty prevails in eight Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, together accounting for more poor people tha...