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Quitting tobacco could give economic boost to over 20.5 million households in IndiaImagine a future where millions of Indian families break free from the grasp of tobacco, climbing up the economic ladder. The most disadvan...- India shows progress on SDG, challenges remainIndia's SDG progress report highlights advancements in poverty reduction and social protection. Social protection now covers 64.3% of the p...
- 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...
- 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...
- Brookings report backs PM Modi's policy thrust, says it helped eliminate extreme povertyA commentary authored by economists Surjit Bhalla and Karan Bhasin from The Brookings Institution stated that the pace of poverty reduction...
- 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...
- Modi government set to revamp Indira Gandhi's poverty eradication 'Twenty Point Programme'The programme, which was launched by Indira Gandhi in 1975, rates states on their performance under different targets for below poverty lin...
- New poverty line: Rs 32 in villages, Rs 47 in citiesThe poverty line had been fixed at Rs 27 in rural areas and Rs 33 in urban areas, levels at which getting two meals may be difficult.
- NSSO to carry out education, health survey from January 2014The National Sample Survey Organisation will carry out a nationwide education and health survey starting from January next year.
- Poverty levels decline significantly between 2009-12; less than 25% poor: NSSO SurveyPoverty level in the country may have declined significantly between 2009-10 and 2011-12, survey shows.
- Government study fixes poverty line at Rs 66 for cities and Rs 35 for villagesHere is a new set of official statistics that can escalate the politically contentious debate on what constitutes the poverty line.
- Debate on poverty does not alter the reality of declining poverty or strategy to combat itIn the late 1970s and 1980s, economists Yoginder Alagh & DT Lakdawala defined the poverty line in terms of the spending on food required.
- Planning Commission to set up expert group to re-look at poverty numbersThe Planning Commission is likely to constitute an expert group to re-evaluate its claim that poverty has declined in India.
- Uproar in Lok Sabha over Plan panel's poverty estimatesAs soon as the House met, Sharad Yadav and Prabodh Panda were on their feet demanding suspension of Question Hour for a discussion on lates...
- Discrepancy in data led to low poverty line: Montek SinghThe Commission's estimates faced criticism in Parliament for its description of poor and resultant fall in people below the poverty line.
- Government asks Plan panel to revise affidavit on povertyThe Planning Commission had said that that those spending more than 32 a day in urban areas, or 26 a day in villages, would no longer be el...
- Poverty line to be raised?A government committee is close to revising the poverty line upwards, bringing more people into the safety net of government support.
- 'Urbanisation in Asia-Pacific region also driving poverty'The pace of urbanisation in Asia and the Pacific unparalleled by any other region in the world has resulted in growth but has also driven u...
- Are Bhutanese becoming richer?In a finding that is bound to bring smiles to Bhutan's advocates of gross national happiness, a recent study has shown that the gap between...
- Drop in poverty in Asia, inequality on riseEconomic growth has lifted millions out of extreme poverty, but there is rise in income inequality, says UN report.
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