In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...

Summarising the results on poverty in India reported in Panagariya and More (2014), it was noted that poverty declined significantly across social, religious, and economic groups, in both rural and ...

When it won its independence in 1947, India suffered from appalling poverty. Campaigning in rural districts, Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, had seen the “mark of this beast” on ...

Millions of people in rural India will be allowed back to work next week despite a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the government said Wednesday, as it conceded the hardships of shutting its vital ...

Congress criticizes the government for deleting 27 lakh MGNREGA workers, accusing it of undermining rural employment rights.

Although it has lifted more than 415 million people out of multidimensional poverty between 2005-2006 and 2019-2021, climate stress threatens to reverse this progress. Nearly half the population ...

In a land where labour is cheap, the man who drives the most luxury cars is not a billionaire. He is a parking attendant. On a meagre salary, he must park, double-park and triple-park cars in tight ...

A significant transformation is occurring in Indian households, as families increasingly prioritize asset ownership and ...

Highlighting the transformative role of education, Shri Kamlesh Paswan stated that education remains one of the strongest ...