But it is tackling major social, economic and environmental issues, including a huge gap between the wealthy and those living in poverty. Save the Children ... and disadvantaged communities. We help ...

A sign at a Dec. 8, 2006, hunger sit-in by Christian Dalits in New Delhi, India, displays the deep roots of the caste system in India. Dalits are low castes who perform menial jobs and are treated ...

"Microfinance in India has come a long way since its inception in the 1970s, offering millions of women a pathway out of ...

She is part of a faceless, often-cited statistic: About 60% of India's nearly 1.3 billion people live on less than $3.10 a day, the World Bank's median poverty ... "How can I help you?" ...

How do you define poverty? Is poverty being underestimated in India? P.C. Mohanan: We had a stable definition of poverty from the late 1970s to 2005. We started with the expenditure required for ...

Employed poverty has always existed in agriculture.” At a very broad level, the two shock absorbers of India’s labour market have been agriculture and self-employment, with elements of self ...

The paper highlights issues with the methodology adopted by the GoI, which estimates poverty at just 5% based on "positive ...

Is poverty being underestimated in India? Here we discuss the question. Guests: P.C. Mohanan, former member of the National Statistical Commission; N.R. Bhanumurthy, Director of the Madras School ...

New Delhi, Along with the sharp decline in poverty in India ... states that revised MPCE weights in CPI computation could help India real GDP growth for FY24 to top 7.5 per cent.