A Progress Review 2023', Singh said that between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the poverty rate reduced from 24.85 per cent to 14.96 per cent, which means about 13.5 crore people were lifted out of ...

The index measures both the share of people in poverty and the degree to which they are deprived. The first edition of the ...

Debates on India’s poverty and inequality trends are welcome. We should be careful with global comparisons, though, and keep track of inter-generational mobility as well.

India’s low Gini index and reduced poverty rates, as cited by the World Bank and PIB, suggest progress. But with growing ...

Bizarre as it may seem, especially for a country with so many people at low levels of income and consumption, as well as a country with an enviable record of studying poverty, India’s poverty lies in ...

The data is clear on this, though Indians are caught in a battle of political narratives on the country’s reality.

India significantly reduces inequality, becoming fourth-most equal globally, with sharp decrease in extreme poverty, ...

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

The benefit of rise in per capita income has not percolated to the masses to the extent it was happening before 2015-16 ...

Delhi has witnessed a significant surge in child labour rescue cases, with a 51% increase this year, totaling 202 children ...

AS per the World Bank's 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief, India is now ranked as the fourth 'most equal' country in the world.

The Patel family told 12 News they will be traveling to India in the coming days to deliver the funds they raised.