Is India’s poverty rate 5% or 24%? A debate over poverty lines, data transparency, and Parliament’s questions reveals how millions may be missing from policy.

Olivier De Schutter says that a new economic agenda is needed to tackle the crises of rising inequality and ecological ...

The United Nations has raised fresh concerns over rising global poverty and hunger, warning that the world is off track to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030, a central target of the Sustainable ...

T'puram: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved a series of policy decisions including a post-extreme poverty eradication programme, the creation of a .

The victim was exploited due to her extreme poverty and the absence of her parents. She was allegedly abducted on February 26 by a broker and his associates who promised her a better life ...

The country has lifted more than 700mn people out of indigence, but some doubt Xi Jinping’s claim that the mission is complete ...

HYDERABAD: Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Minister Danasari Anasuyaalias Seethakka on Thursday announced that the government would provide financial assi ...

When Idoko, a 23-year-old man living in rural Benue State, north central Nigeria, began hearing voices, withdrawing from ...

The Peaky Blinders weren’t the only gang active in Britain at the time, and they certainly were not the first of their kind. Ahead, read more about the other gangs that roamed the streets of Britain ...

China has declared com­plete suc­cess in elim­in­at­ing extreme poverty, with Pres­id­ent Xi Jin­ping hail­ing the lift­ing of 850 mil­lion people out of des­ti­tu­tion as an “unpre­ced­en­ted ...

Record View says all governments and parties, councils, Holyrood and Westminster need to make economic growth and reducing extreme poverty the No1 priority.

The study also estimated that, in absolute terms, full coverage under the scheme would lift 1.23 crore people out of poverty, reduce the number of extreme poor by 56 lakh, and move 1.56 crore people ...