During the conclusion of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2025 on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ...

The paper highlights issues with the methodology adopted by the GoI, which estimates poverty at just 5% based on "positive ...

A recent study has found that 26.4% of India’s population remains below the poverty line, a figure that challenges the Union government’s claim that poverty has ...

A report by the State Bank of India (SBI) has revealed progress in reducing poverty levels in India.These figures mark a decline from FY23 estimates, which placed rural poverty at 7.2 per cent and ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted in Parliament on Tuesday that his government has succeeded in lifting 25 crore ...

“Thanks to your policies, India was able to lift 27 crore people, the highest number of poor people, out of poverty,” Kharge wrote in a letter to Singh. The numbers laid out by Kharge and Modi ...

India has had several committees since independence that were tasked to gather poverty estimates. TheTendulkar committee (2009) had estimated India’s poverty ratio at 21.9% (25.7% rural; 13.7% ...

Lucknow: In a review meeting to assess the progress of the Zero Poverty campaign on Friday, chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh ...

Rural poverty in India has notably dropped to 4.86% in 2023-24, down from 25.7% in 2011-12, driven by government support. Urban poverty also declined to 4.09%. Increased consumption and ...

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE 2025? Here are questions from GS paper 2 for this week with essential points as the fodder for your answers. Do not miss points to ponder and answer in the comment box ...

a menstrual cup company, and the charity Action Foundation. Asan’s donation scheme has helped over 75,000 women in India combat period poverty.