The future definition of poverty line cannot be the subsistence level income required by an individual but will have to factor in living st...

Success in India relating to poverty eradication is success for the world because it addresses a huge population and India can bring to the...

Laying out a six-point roadmap for India to address the problem, Dagmar Walter, director, ILO said India needs to target poverty alleviatio...

The new entities could come into being this financial year. According to a government representative, a concept note is being prepared.

“We will soon set up an expert committee to narrowly look at the poverty line issue only, as most states are politically not in sync with e...

The participating states expressed concern about availability of drinking water in their respective areas and wanted the NITI Aayog to take...

China will spend $93 billion in the next five years to relocate about 10 million impoverished people as part of its efforts to eradicate po...

China's top leadership has pledged resolute measures to lift the remaining 70 million poor people above poverty line by 2020 which amounted...

India today pledged to continue its unwavering support to combat challenge of endemic poverty in the SAARC region.

Among the 36 million people in China who live in 'extreme' poverty, 3.3 to 4 million are children aged 0 to 6 years, the report said.

Eight systems known as 'Aadhar Based Bio-Metric Attendance Systems(AEBAS)' have been installed at six gates of Nirman Bhawan.

A poverty profile for eight South Asian nations was released today to share of the best practices and experiences towards poverty alleviati...

The proportion of the poor to the total population has fallen from 37.2% in 2004-05 to 21.9% in 2011-12.

Research uncovered reports showing the effectiveness of cash transfers as a model to alleviate poverty.

The multilateral lender envisages lending $ 14 billion for projects in the country between 2009 and 2012, according to its country website.

India's 11th Five-Year Plan, is set to unleash new reform measures, particularly in the farm sector.

The Confederation of Indian Industry has advocated a "holistic approach" to tackling the problem of urban poverty.