Searched for
RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION
Priority sector lending boosts inclusion, not always guarantee growth: EAC-PMIndia's priority sector lending has aided financial inclusion for decades. However, a recent report suggests that simply increasing directe...- 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 lifted 170 million out of poverty in a decade: World BankA World Bank report reveals India lifted 170 million people out of poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, with extreme poverty declining sign...
- 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 gap shrinks between rural and urban India in FY24, driven by higher consumption: SBI reportIndia's rural and urban consumption gap is reducing significantly, thanks to government initiatives like direct benefit transfers and impro...
- Extreme poverty in India declined by 12 percentage points between 2011-2019: World BankThe extreme poverty count fell from 22.5% in 2011 to 10.2% in 2019 and the decline in rural areas was much higher than in urban areas, esti...
- Why the bottom-up approach to eradicating poverty might not workBig picture reforms will eradicate poverty, not small tweaks to programmes that botique RCTs provide.
- Government approves changes in rural programme to reduce povertyCentre today approved changes in some key rural development programmes on poverty reduction and employment creation by increasing flexibili...
- High economic growth key to poverty reduction: Pranab MukherjeePresident Pranab Mukherjee today emphasised the importance of high economic growth for poverty reduction.
- Sikkim records steepest fall in poverty levelSikkim has recorded steepest fall in poverty level in the country on account of increase in per capita consumption.
- Declining poverty: No reason to be coy about good economic newsThe proportion of the poor to the total population has fallen from 37.2% in 2004-05 to 21.9% in 2011-12.
- 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.
- Rural Muslim poverty highest in Assam, WB, UP and Guj: UNDPUnited Nations has observed that poverty head count ratio for Muslims is highest in the states of Assam, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Guj...
- Government's poverty alleviation strategy yielding results: Montek Singh AhluwaliaGovt's development strategy has worked well with initial estimates suggesting 2% decline in the incidence of poverty during 2011-12, the te...
- Jairam Ramesh attacks MPs questioning plan panel's definition of poorAs per the methodology adopted by the Tendulkar Committee for estimation of poverty, the spend on health and education is also factored in.
- Need to understand interplay between food choices and low incomes to fight povertyThe calorie intake of the poor declined during 1993-2009 and the reductions are a manifestation of lower cereal intakes.
- Research by JNU shows inequality has increased in both rural & urban areasPoverty in India has fallen at twice the rate since 2004-05 , says a study by two professors of Delhi's Jawarharlal Nehru University.
- WB to give $1 bn for rural livelihood programmeThe World Bank has approved $1 billion credit for NRLP, which it said will aim at strengthening the implementation of the newly launched NR...
- World Bank approves $1 billion credit for NRLPThe World Bank has approved $1 bn credit for National Rural Livelihoods Project which it said is aimed at strengthening the implementation ...
- Expand rural poverty schemes for urban poor: World BankThe World Bank has asked policymakers in India to stop neglecting urban poverty and expand the scope of some rural flagship schemes to urba...
Load More
