Western "poverty porn" narratives about India ignore the country's rapid poverty reduction and economic transformation.

India's extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3% over a decade from 27.1% in 2011-12 even as the World Bank revised upwards its threshold poverty line to USD 3 per day. Given India's inflation ...

India's poverty continues to decline steadily, with the poverty rate likely to fall to 4.6 per cent in 2024, estimates a recent report by the State Bank of India (SBI). This marks a significant ...

Close to 25 crore people have come out of multidimensional poverty due to the government's efforts over a decade,” the finance minister said.

VESTAL, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Those walking along the Vestal Rail Trail on Saturday may have come across Inches for India. The new non-profit was started by two sisters looking to give back to their family’s ...

The World Bank says that India has made radical strides in eliminating extreme poverty. The reality on the ground is more complicated.

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

We used to be trapped. And by “we,” I really do mean all of us. A few hundred years ago, the majority of the world lived in extreme poverty, and even in recent decades, people lucky enough to clear ...