How many people living in acute poverty in the world?A UN report reveals that over one billion people live in extreme poverty globally, with children forming more than half that number. The re...
17 Oct, 2024, 10.30 AM IST
Congress slams as 'lies' NITI report stating 24.8 cr people moved out of multidimensional povertyThe Congress criticized a Niti Aayog report claiming to have lifted 24.82 crore people out of multidimensional poverty by 2022-23, calling ...
18 Jan, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
250 million people escaped multi-dimensional poverty between 2013-14 and 2022-23: NITI AayogAccording to the Aayog's working paper, jointly developed with UNDP, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan registering the hig...
16 Jan, 2024, 12.03 AM IST
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...
07 Aug, 2023, 08.29 PM IST
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...
23 Jul, 2023, 11.26 PM IST
46.87 lakh in Assam escaped multi-dimensional poverty in 5 yrs: Niti Aayog reportAssam has registered a significant decline of 13.30 percentage points in the number of multi-dimensional poverty, from 32.65 per cent in 20...
20 Jul, 2023, 02.55 PM IST
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...
18 Jul, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
13.5 cr people moved out of multidimensional poverty in India in 5 years: Niti reportIndia is on the path of achieving the SDG Target 1.2 (of reducing multidimensional poverty by at least half) much ahead of the stipulated t...
17 Jul, 2023, 05.12 PM IST
135 million Indians move out of multidimensional poverty in five years: NITI Aayog reportIndia has significantly reduced multidimensional poverty in the past five years, according to the National Multidimensional Poverty Index, ...
17 Jul, 2023, 03.43 PM IST
13.5 crore Indians moved out of multidimensional poverty in five years, says Niti Aayog reportIndia witnessed a significant reduction of multidimensional poverty with 13.5 crore people moving out of it between 2015-16 and 2019-21, ac...
17 Jul, 2023, 02.20 PM IST
India sees 415 million people coming out of poverty in 15 years: United NationsIndia witnessed an achievement in poverty reduction as 415 million people moved out of poverty within 15 years, from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021...
11 Jul, 2023, 11.42 AM IST
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 ...
12 Dec, 2022, 04.34 PM IST
Poverty and growth of political agencyThe key to social investment is political agency on the part of the citizenry. When they demand better education, sanitation and healthcare...
29 Nov, 2021, 11.15 PM IST
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.
21 Feb, 2020, 12.20 PM IST
- India made progress in cutting multidimensional poverty: Study
India reduced multidimensional poverty more than 50% faster than it reduced income poverty in absolute as well as relative terms, the Unive...
18 Mar, 2013, 03.37 PM IST
- More poor in eight states than 26 African nations
A UNDP survey says that eight Indian states have more poor than 26 African nations put together.
13 Jul, 2010, 06.46 AM IST
- 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...
12 Jul, 2010, 04.54 PM IST