In the decades following independence, India began implementing social and economic reforms aimed at poverty alleviation.

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 ...

Kerala is all set to make history as India’s first extreme poverty-free state on November 1, the 69th anniversary of its ...

The Pinarayi Vijayan government's 'Real Kerala Story' is at odds with the state's complex realities and ongoing workers' ...

In 2021, the local self-government department, the nodal agency for implementing the scheme, trained nearly 4 lakh people, ...

“This means that poverty alleviation is never a one-time achievement but a continuous process,” Dr Ramakumar says, ...

This paper presents a descriptive analysis of poverty in India, drawing on secondary data from national surveys and expert committee reports. The findings reveal a steady decline in income poverty ...

Growth is not the sole objective of economic policy. It is necessary to ensure that the benefits of growth accrue to all sections. Eradication of poverty is thus an important objective. The objective ...

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 ...

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 ...