Millions no longer count as poor, but still live one crisis away from hunger, debt, or despair. Poverty on paper isn't poverty overcome.

India, reportedly, has the highest poverty rate with 22.89 crore ... Of course, when communal tension strikes, it affects all in areas targeted, but as suggested the poor suffer the most.

The poverty line is now set at INR 1,632 for rural areas and INR 1,944 for urban areas, significantly higher than the INR 816 (rural) and INR 1,000 (urban) benchmarks established in 2011-12.

India Bulldozes Poor Areas Ahead of G20 Summit in Delhi. Headline Sep 06, 2023. Link copied. India is preparing to host the G20’s annual summit for the first time.

We spot an old woman sitting cross-legged staring blankly into the distance, unemployed and poor. Her teeth are stained red from chewing tobacco flavoured betel leaf. Images like this are not uncommon ...

India extends world's largest coronavirus lockdown 01:44. New Delhi — Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Tuesday that India's nationwide lockdown would be extended until May 3 to fight the ...

According to the United Nations, the growth change in India's urban population is 1.1 percent each year, while the change in the proportion of people in rural areas is declining by 0.37 percent ...

In these areas, coal is the only income source for many poor families, some of whom also get their children collecting it to bring in extra cash, campaigners said.

India's Boom Bypasses Rural Poor. ... Resize. NAKRASAR, India ... a gigantic program designed to create jobs through building infrastructure in a developing nation's most-backward rural areas. ...

Sugar crops in some of India’s major growing regions are in desperate need of rain as drier conditions threaten the production outlook, which may place more pressure on containing rising food costs.