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

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

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will launch the “sanna biyyam” (fine rice) distribution scheme for below poverty line (BPL) ...

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

YouTuber Savukku Shankar on Tuesday alleged that his house was ransacked in retaliation for exposing an alleged scam in the ...

If the ration card holders who get the benefit of free ration fall below the poverty line, then they can avail of this service through the Government of India. Only those who have ration cards are ...

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 ...

In 2013, the year for which the most comprehensive data on global poverty is available, 767 million people, or 10.7 percent of the population, were estimated to be living below the international ...