According to the survey, rural poverty is estimated at 4.86 per cent in FY24, a sharp decline from 7.2 per cent in FY23 and 25.7 per cent in FY12. Similarly, urban poverty has dropped to 4.09 per ...

The Supreme Court emphasizes that subsidized food should exclusively benefit the poor, addressing concerns about diversion.

Extreme poverty is now below 1%, a remarkable feat in the world’s most populous nation, achieved by tapping people’s potential.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 7 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday highlighted that about 30 crore people across the country have come out of the poverty line ...

Shamika Ravi, a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, has highlighted a significant progress in poverty reduction in India, citing data showing a dramatic decline in poverty ...

The P4 (Public Private People Partnership - Margadarsi Bangaru Kutumbam) scheme will eradicate poverty in Andhra Pradesh, said Social Welfare Minister Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy at the ...

Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a Kolkata slum in stark contrast to her royal he ...

New Delhi, Along with the sharp decline in poverty in India, there has also been a marked reduction in the rural-urban income divide in the country, according to an SBI Research analysis of a ...

India already faces dire heat risks and is ... In Kolkata, schools were closed, and buses reduced service. Newspapers reported people passing out along the side of the road. Officials begged ...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday highlighted that about 30 crore people across the country have come out of the poverty line in the last decade due to the policies of the ...