Climate shocks such as floods, droughts, and rising temperatures are worsening poverty in India, especially in ...

India's extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3% over a decade from 27.1% in 2011-12 even as the World Bank revised upwards its threshold poverty line to USD 3 per day. Given India's inflation ...

India on Thursday criticized as inappropriate a post by US President Donald Trump that called the South Asian country a ...

A critical analysis of the socio-economic challenges facing India's marginalized communities, arguing for systemic reform and ...

Statistics can be fairly deceptive. At least, this is suggested by latest estimates released by World Bank, according to which India’s extreme poverty rate dropped to 5.3% in 2022-23 from 27.1% in ...

India knows how to count the poor. From ration cards to multi-decade surveys such as the National Sample Survey, there are sophisticated systems to track deprivation – who’s getting by, who’s falling ...

The bulldozers and government officials arrived just before dawn, tearing down the row of shanties as its bewildered residents watched inconsolably nearby. “We were so frightened,” said 56-year-old ...

The FINANCIAL — Index shows 1 in 5 people in the developing world living in multidimensional poverty. Hundreds of millions lack adequate nutrition, sanitation, housing and good cooking facilities. But ...

Stolen coal worth $1.5 million recovered last year Lack of jobs and skills pushes locals to scavenge coal Pickers use the fuel to cook, sell it cheaply to middlemen JHARIA/CHENNAI, India, Feb 8 ...