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

A research study by State Bank of India (SBI) highlighted that the extreme poverty in the country has reduced to minimal with poverty rates in the country falling below 5 percent in 2024.

India has raised its defense budget by 9.5%, allocating $78 billion for the year 2025. The Modi government’s latest budget reveals that defense spending now constitutes 8% of the country’s GDP, making ...

State Rural Development Minister Anirudh Singh also said that Himachal Pradesh has revised the annual income criteria for the Below Poverty Line category to Rs 1.11 lakh, The Indian Express reported.

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 ...