The World Bank says that India has made radical strides in eliminating extreme poverty. The reality on the ground is more ...

Economic modelling suggests that a basic income grant for all individuals aged between 18 and 59 could significantly reduce ...

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

Rural extreme poverty dropped from 18.4 per cent to 2.8 per cent, and urban from 10.7 per cent to 1.1 per cent, narrowing the rural-urban gap from 7.7 to 1.7 percentage points.

India has lifted 171 million people from extreme poverty in the decade between 2011-12 and 2022-23, the World Bank said.

In a report on ‘India Poverty and Equity Brief’, the multilateral ... bottom 10 per cent in 2023-24,” the report noted. Urban unemployment fell to 6.6 per cent in Q1 FY24/25, the lowest ...

India's job market is experiencing growth, with employment rates outpacing the working-age population since 2021-22, particularly among women. Urban unemployment has fallen to a low of 6.6 per cent, ...

India has made significant progress in reducing poverty, with extreme poverty -- measured at ... On employment, the World ...

Both the government and the principal opposition party, Congress, are leaving no chance to take the credit for a decline in extreme poverty in India over the past years. The Tribune, now published ...

The World Bank report highlighted that 171 million people have been lifted out of extreme poverty, and 378 million have moved ...