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 ...

When it won its independence in 1947, India suffered from appalling poverty. Campaigning in rural districts, Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, had seen the “mark of this beast” on ...

India knows how to count the poor. From ration cards to multi-decade surveys such as the National Sample Survey, there are sophisticated systems to track deprivation – who’s getting by, who’s falling ...

MUMBAI, India – As the Church marked the World Day of the Poor, an archbishop in India spoke about how in one area rich in minerals and forest, the people still suffer from poverty. Archbishop Vincent ...

Thirty years ago Siddharth Dube, a writer, visited a small village in northern India near the site of a historic peasants’ revolt. He found plenty that remained enraging: mud huts, primitive ploughs, ...

Most people who grew up poor didn't get the same luxuries as everyone else. From low-quality schools to not-the-safest neighborhoods, poor people live in a state of discomfort that many don't ...