The Constitution has a prohibition on discrimination on the ground of caste and violating this would be a violation of the basic structure ...

The problem lies in delineating the effects of inequality, intensity of vulnerability and resilience to economic shocks among the middle cl...

The propaganda apparatus has been linking national successes to Xi, including fighting the coronavirus, China's rise as a technology creato...

Agreed in principle by G20 officials last month and endorsed by the Paris Club of official creditors, the framework will essentially extend...

We have to adapt the principle of universal basic income, says the former Finance Minister.

Top UN official said India is an absolutely essential component of a future multi-polar world and that it can play a role of an "honest bro...

A recent study assessed how many people in different countries fell into each of five income brackets in 2001 and 2011

Most Sabar people in Jharkhand now live in Samanpur, a village surrounded by hills and forests. It does not have proper road connectivity.

There will be no poor countries in this world by 2035 as these nations will benefit from innovations of their rich counterparts, Bill Gates...

Swaminathan Aiyar said that the fiscal deficit target is in danger due to Rupee depreciation. He said that FM is desperately trying to talk...

While private groups had been quietly monitoring the Wisconsin Gurdwara shooter and his racist leanings, Page was not on the radar of the F...

Rs 32/-.Rs 26 per capita poverty definition has made Congress demand that Montek Singh Ahluwalia be treated for being “politically blind”.

Poverty cannot be viewed merely as a set of indicators, as a one-dimensional phenomenon.

In India, those earning over $10 a day constitute the top 5 percent.

Microfinance to me is simply a tool for empowering the 'bottom billion' of the world with unprecedented financial independence, if employed...

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.

A win in Karnataka is definitely a moment to celebrate for the BJP but the party will need to work out how it will make good on its poll pr...