A recent study has found that 26.4% of India’s population remains below the poverty line, a figure that challenges the Union government’s claim that poverty has ...

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

Bengaluru : The Karnataka government has declared free treatment for all persons affected with the monkeypox disease. Earlier ...

NEW DELHI: Poverty rates in India fell below 5% and the existence of extreme ... resulting in a shift in the poverty line. Similarly, urban poverty decreased to 4.09% in FY24, down from 4.6% ...

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.

Is poverty being underestimated in India? P.C. Mohanan ... the number of people below the poverty line has drastically come down, whatever line you take. But the delta between the two decades ...

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 ...