Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation Using microdata from nationally representative household and labor force surveys, we study the impact and drivers of ...

In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...

When it won its independence in 1947, India suffered from appalling poverty. Campaigning in rural districts, Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, had seen the “mark of this beast” on ...

Poverty reduction in India is showing progress. Over 2015–2021, the World Bank reported a decrease in poverty from 60.9 to 46.5 per cent and India's National Institution for Transforming India ...

The paper presents estimates of poverty [extreme poverty PPP$1.9 and PPP$3.2] and consumption inequality in India for each of the years 2004-5 through the pandemic year 2020-21. These estimates ...

India has seen a great reduction in its poverty rate since its Independence, with several factors, including government-launched schemes, helping its citizens uplift themselves to a better life. At ...

When the Oscar nominations for Best Documentary Feature were announced last year, a big underdog made the cut: Writing with Fire. The film lacked both a major U.S. distributor and streaming partner.

Almost fifteen years ago, India measured poverty by a simple metric: how much money a person spent. The Rangarajan Committee’s subsequent report in 2014 defined poverty as the condition of living on ...

India's extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3 per cent over a decade from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 even as the World Bank revised upwards its threshold poverty line to USD 3 per day. Given ...

Kerala formally announced a historic milestone today on Kerala Piravi Day. It has successfully eradicated extreme poverty. With this, the state has become the first state in India to officially ...

India's poverty continues to decline steadily, with the poverty rate likely to fall to 4.6 per cent in 2024, estimates a recent report by the State Bank of India (SBI). This marks a significant ...