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Multidimensional poverty in India has fallen from 29% to 11% in 9 years: Govt

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

July 23, 2025 17:38 IST

soil, crops, nutrition, soil health, agriculture, fertiliser

Healing soils in India

Need paradigm shift from indiscriminate fertilisation to science-based soil nutrition management.

July 21, 2025 05:00 IST

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Modi@11: Milestones at macro level

With poverty levels now at historic lows, there may be a need to revisit some of the major policies to…

June 23, 2025 05:00 IST

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Turning a new chapter in the poverty story

India’s poverty rate drops to 5.25% in 2022 from 27.12% in 2011, per World Bank data using new $3/day poverty…

June 10, 2025 22:01 IST

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Extreme poverty In India down to 5.3% in 2022-23: World Bank

India’s extreme poverty drops to 5.3% in 2022-23 from 27.1% in 2011-12, lifting 269 million people out of poverty, says…

June 6, 2025 22:16 IST

India Sees Massive Poverty Reduction, Transitions to Lower-Middle Income Status. (Image Source: Bloomberg)

World Bank says India lifted 171 million nationals out of extreme poverty in a decade

India has lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, according to the World Bank’s Poverty…

April 26, 2025 20:36 IST

Freedom from hunger, poverty

India needs to move from food security to nutritional security.

August 19, 2024 06:15 IST

The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which has been declining since January, was 4.83% in April 2024 and 4.31% in May 2023, the previous low.

Gauging inflation, poverty and GDP growth

The govt has released a fact sheet on consumption expenditure; the new surveys indicate persistent inequality in consumption and access…

May 27, 2024 04:00 IST

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India’s poverty riddle: Despite impressive growth, poverty fell just 0.3% per annum

The first advance estimate of FY24 GDP growth is pegged at 7.3% by the NSO, versus the Reserve Bank of…

January 8, 2024 04:00 IST

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Bimaru Unshackled: What clicked in UP? Decoding MDPI success

MDPI is about basic needs covered under many central schemes. Since these are implemented largely by the states, those with…

August 10, 2023 04:30 IST

The “Superpower” tech: Can U.S. and India fight off China to achieve their dreams?

Can technology help India rise from a regional power to a superpower?

August 2, 2023 17:47 IST

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Is poverty a measure of deprivation or an income concept? Niti Aayog report rekindles a debate

Is income or consumption not really a measure the current ability as against a past development – a stunted growth…

July 19, 2023 11:05 IST

13.5 crore Indians move out of multidimensional poverty in 5 years: Niti Aayog report

The report — ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A progress of Review 2023’ — was released by Suman Bery, Vice-Chairman, Niti…

Updated: July 28, 2023 09:17 IST

UN warns its development goals for 2030 are in trouble and 575 million people will remain very poor

The report on progress in achieving 17 wide-ranging UN goals adopted by world leaders in 2015 to improve life for…

Updated: July 11, 2023 11:38 IST

Number of poor people in India fell by about 415 mn between 2005-06 and 2019-21, a ‘historic change’: UN

The new Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released on Monday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty…

Updated: October 17, 2022 12:51 IST

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Pandemic pushes back Asia Pacific’s fight against extreme poverty by 2 years: ADB

Park said governments in the region should focus on resilience, innovation and inclusiveness to provide more balanced economic opportunities and…

August 24, 2022 16:46 IST

Basic needs not freebies; poor people more entitled to receive them, says economist Jayati Ghosh

Ghosh noted that the word ‘freebies’ indicates the class position of those who use it.

August 19, 2022 12:05 IST

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