In a recent study, economists from the RBI updated the Rangarajan poverty line for 20 major states. The result showed Odisha ...

Recent RBI report shows significant decline in poverty in India, with Himachal Pradesh leading with only 1.2% below poverty ...

Has poverty been nearly eradicated in India? Yes, if one goes by the findings of a World Bank brief on poverty and equity released in April. As per the report, the proportion of people in India living ...

Despite declines in extreme child poverty, nearly 85 per cent of South Asian children live below USD 8.30/day, indicating ...

Expanding the Public Distribution System to ensure desirable levels of consumption of pulses by eliminating subsidies for ...

NEW DELHI, May 18 (Reuters) - India's key social development programmes, which have formed the core election promises of the ruling Congress party at a cost of over 2 percent of its GDP, are failing ...

Edmond D. Villani Chair of Economics Martin Ravallion launched his new book “The Economics of Poverty: History, Measurement, and Policy” during an official book launch in Riggs Library on Feb. 5. The ...

Gauriphanta border point is chock-a-block, also with Nepali migrant workers returning home to celebrate Dashain.

Panagariya, who worked with Modi from 2015 to 2017 as Niti Aayog's first vice chairman, said his association with the Prime ...