Several renowned economists and leaders have provided insights into the root causes of the high poverty rate in India. Amartya Sen, the Nobel laureate economist, has highlighted the importance of ...

At an aggregate level, poverty rates in India are now estimated to be between 4 per cent and 4.5 per cent, with almost negligible instances of extreme poverty. One of the critical drivers behind ...

At an aggregate level, we believe poverty rates in India could now be in the range of 4-4.5 per cent with almost minimal existence of extreme poverty," it said. SBI stated that enhanced physical ...

Nothing about this effort was small, and Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda said that there were 200 individual insurance ...

At the time of Mr Dube’s visit in 1995 almost half of India’s population still lived below the international poverty line, ...

Speaking at an event in Mumbai, Mr Murthy said poverty will "vanish" like dew on a sunny morning if entrepreneurs can create innovative enterprises. India's rural poverty ratio has registered a ...

India has virtually eliminated absolute poverty based on World Bank standards, according to Arvind Virmani from Niti Aayog.

To create 400 million jobs, India needs to reimagine the challenge as one of employed poverty rather than unemployment. High wages need high productivity employers. - Issue Date: Mar 16, 2025 ...

India is in a period of unprecedented opportunity, challenge and ambition in its development. The country’s extreme poverty rate has fallen from 46 percent to 21 percent in the two decades up to 2011, ...

Almost half of the 1.4 billion people in India live below the median poverty line of $3.65 a day, per the World Bank, and activists say the ostentatious displays of wealth are an affront to the ...

From that perspective, the 1999-2000 estimate is nothing short of astonishing: the Indian poverty rate fell by 12.8 percent over 18 months, removing 60 million persons from poverty. Progress indeed!

Maternal health is an important aspect for the development of any country in terms of increasing equity and reducing poverty. The survival and wellbeing of mothers is not only important, but is also ...