President Lyndon Johnson initiated the war on poverty with the U.S. rate around 19%. Today, the official poverty rate is ...

A recent SBI report has stirred the proverbial hornet’s nest with its claims of a sharp reduction in India’s poverty levels, ...

Rural poverty has declined significantly to 4.86% in the fiscal ending March 2024 from 25.7% in 2011-12 mainly driven by government support programmes, said a SBI research released on Friday. Urban ...

Is poverty in India, especially in rural areas, on the decline? A new study by the State Bank of India's (SBI) research department sees a sharp decline in the poverty ratio and a key reason for that ...

In urban areas, the decline was less pronounced at 4.09 percent in 2023-24 compared with 4.6 percent in the previous year ...

In an effort to fight poverty and improve savings among the rural populace in the state, Bauchi State Government has signed a ...

Republican lawmakers cut the federal funding for rural schools, frustrating residents in those areas, many of whom voted for ...

New Delhi, Jan 3 (PTI) Rural poverty has declined significantly to 4.86 per cent in the fiscal ending March 2024 from 25.7 per cent in 2011-12 mainly driven by government support programmes, said a ...

The SBI research revealed a sharp decline in rural poverty to 4.86% in FY24 (from 7.2% in FY23 and 25.7% in FY12) and urban poverty to 4.09% in FY24 (from 4.6% in FY23 and 13.7% in FY12). SBI Research ...

A cabinet meeting was held under leadership of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav at Mantralaya in Bhopal on Wednesday and the council of ministers granted an approval ...

A third myth is that rural students underachieve. As a result, their academic success is too often overlooked by researchers ...

Budget 2025’s starry aim: Does India need more funds to fuel its cosmic dreams? The gap in monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) has decreased significantly, with the difference between ...