Statistical debates around poverty estimates in India underline the importance of survey data. How does the absence of ...

Hyderabad: The state govt is likely to reintroduce ration cards for above poverty line (APL) families in the state.

At the time of Mr Dube’s visit in 1995 almost half of India’s population still lived below the international poverty line, ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 19) orally commented that there are certain States which, despite boasting of having ...

NEW DELHI: Poverty rates in India fell below 5% and the existence of extreme ... resulting in a shift in the poverty line.

Considering the poverty line set at $3.65 ... According to this SBI report, the poverty rate in India fell below 5 percent, nearly eradicating extreme poverty. It estimates that the current ...

The state government has increased the income criteria for the selection of below poverty line (BPL) families from Rs 36,000 ...

The court questioned whether the subsidised ration system, intended to provide food security to the poor, was being used by ...

The poverty line is established to determine the minimum income a person or household requires to fulfill their basic needs. However, that amount, the income necessary to satisfy one’s basic ...

Almost half of the 1.4 billion people in India live below the median poverty line of $3.65 a day, per the World Bank, and activists say the ostentatious displays of wealth are an affront to the ...