Poverty in India is a complex and multifaceted issue influenced by a combination of historical, economic, social, and political factors. Several renowned economists and leaders have provided ...

Like other middle-class Indians, I grew up knowing little about poor people's lives. We moved in separate worlds, which, in my mind, only grew further apart as India lurched ahead as a global ...

Governments that have adopted pro-poor policies have been increasingly successful in India in recent years. Parties referred to as “populist” have competed to provide basic amenities to the poorer ...

One netizen called India "a rich country with poor people," and another wrote, "We are just a showoff nation.". A third user ...

“I want to see many women, especially filmmakers from India, being able to work in international cinema. There are not many people who are seeking these opportunities and here I am, seeking them ...

For women coming from lower economic strata in India, a diagnosis can reveal faultlines ... Her new “family”—the people whose house she worked in—supported her in educating and taking ...

with more than 770 million people living in highly dangerous conditions at least two weeks a year. Because of its growing wealth and increasingly prosperous middle class, India will have the ...

says a new World Bank report called Expanding Opportunities for the Urban Poor. East Asia and the Pacific is the world’s most rapidly urbanizing region, with an average annual urbanization rate of 3 ...

Shillong: India coach Manolo Marquez criticized his team's poor performance in a 0-0 draw ... led to Bangladesh scoring from kick-off. Most people had not been able to get in when Mojibor Jony ...

Speaking at the Republic TV Plenary Summit 2025, he said more than Rs 42 lakh crore have been transferred directly to the accounts of the poor ... India has successfully lifted 25 crore people ...