46.87 lakh in Assam escaped multi-dimensional poverty in 5 yrs: Niti Aayog report

Jul 20, 2023

Assam has registered a significant decline of 13.30 percentage points in the number of multi-dimensional poverty, from 32.65 per cent in 2015-16 to 19.35...

World Bank says 100 mln people facing extreme poverty in 2021

Oct 15, 2021

Washington [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): An estimated 100 million people experienced extreme poverty this year largely in the so-called middle-income countries (MICs) as a...

COVID-19 pandemic to push 150 million people into extreme poverty by 2021: World Bank

Oct 07, 2020

Washington [US], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 150 million people may fall into extreme poverty throughout the world by 2021 as a result of...

India has officially eliminated 'extreme poverty': US report

Mar 02, 2024

India has now officially eliminated 'extreme poverty', which can be seen through the sharp decline in headcount poverty ratio and stark increase in household...

G20 Brazil declaration prioritises fight against hunger, poverty

Nov 19, 2024

The Rio de Janeiro declaration passed at the G20 summit prioritised actions towards achieving concrete results in the fight against hunger and poverty, emphasising...

More people pushed into poverty under Modi govt: Manish Tewari

Jul 01, 2020

New Delhi [India], July 1 : Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday slammed the Central government for allegedly pushing more people into poverty and...