In the decades following independence, India began implementing social and economic reforms aimed at poverty alleviation.

Mumbai, India’s financial capital, is witnessing a growing crisis of forced evictions and homelessness as urban redevelopment ...

Nine years after imposing a statewide alcohol ban to curb addiction, domestic violence, and financial ruin among its poorest ...

As the Kerala government threw a shindig on Nov 1 in its capital city, Thiruvananthapuram, to announce it had eradicated ...

In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...

Has poverty been nearly eradicated in India? Yes, if one goes by the findings of a World Bank brief on poverty and equity released in April. As per the report, the proportion of people in India living ...

Thick smog affected daily life and health across the city, with major pollution hotspots including Anand Vihar (422), Ashok ...

Growth is not the sole objective of economic policy. It is necessary to ensure that the benefits of growth accrue to all sections. Eradication of poverty is thus an important objective. The objective ...

Despite India making great strides in the reduction of poverty, about 206 million children in the country lack access to one ...

Manu Joseph explores class peace in India through a captivating one-man act at The Hindu Lit for Life Dialogue in Bengaluru.

A new IC3 report reveals India accounts for one in every nine student suicides worldwide, exposing a deep mental health and ...