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India's rural-urban income gap declines sharply amid fall in poverty level: SBI Report

Along with the sharp decline in poverty in India, there has also been a marked reduction in the rur…

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After eliminating extreme poverty, India now eligible to move to a higher poverty line: report

The report finds growth in per capita consumption, a decline in urban and rural inequality and a dr…

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Tech titans love Modi's economic powerhouse India — despite mass unemployment and abject poverty

India is on track to become the world's third-largest economy by 2027, but Narendra Modi faces a pi…

Theron Mohamed   


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India's poverty level has fallen below 5%: NITI Aayog CEO

The latest household consumer expenditure survey indicates that India's poverty level has fallen be…

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The extravagant Ambani pre-wedding party was an affront to the millions of Indians in poverty, critics say

The pre-wedding events for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, which featured Rihanna, show a blatan…

Joshua Zitser,Spriha Srivasta…   


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Poverty is rising faster in American suburbs as lower-income people are pushed out of big cities

Suburbs in major metros areas in the South, West, and Midwest saw some of the biggest jumps in pove…

Eliza Relman   


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415 mn Indians lifted out of poverty in India in 15 years: Govt says quoting UNDP

"As per the 'Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022: Unpacking deprivation bundles to reduce…

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One mind-boggling chart shows how government stimulus cut poverty by nearly half during the pandemic

New research from the Urban Institute credits stimulus checks, federal unemployment benefits, and b…

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Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus could drastically cut poverty, studies say

Two studies found the stimulus could halve child and shrink poverty rates in 2021 by a third, but a…

Juliana Kaplan   


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Extreme Poverty in India declined 12% in the last decade, says World Bank

Extreme poverty in India is estimated to have declined 12.3 percentage points between 2011 to 2019,…

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Unlivable cities, refugees, extinct animals: UN climate report warns of drastic changes in coming decades

Up to 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including floods, …

Aria Bendix,Morgan McFall-Joh…   


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Biden's child tax credit kept 3 million children out of poverty in just its first round of payments

If Biden's child allowance program gets extended, the US could see a 40% annual drop in child pover…

Madison Hoff   


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Around 23 crore Indians pushed into poverty due to pandemic in last one year, says report

As the pandemic and the eventual lockdowns wreaked havoc on the economy and livelihoods, around 23 …

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One chart shows how pandemic poverty reached a new high in March

In March, before many of the American Rescue Plan's benefits were enacted, pandemic-era poverty lev…

Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff   


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Democrats are holding the first hearing in 23 years on a measure to lift the elderly and disabled out of poverty

Democrats want to boost Supplemental Security Income, to lift 3.3 million of the elderly and disabl…

Ayelet Sheffey   


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A $15 minimum wage would take 7.6 million people out of poverty, according to a new study

The $15 minimum wage has the president's support, but Democrats still haven't been able to raise pa…

Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff   


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3.3 million people could be lifted out of poverty with a proposal in Democrats' $3.5 trillion social spending bill

The Urban Institute found boosting Supplemental Security Income would cut the poverty rate for low-…

Ayelet Sheffey   


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What poverty in Philadelphia taught me about homelessness in Los Angeles

Both cities have high rates of poverty. But in one, the housing is far less affordable - and that h…

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By 2021, as many as 150 million people likely to be in extreme poverty due to COVID-19: World Bank

This would represent a regression to the rate of 9.2 per cent in 2017, according to the bienni…