Poverty In India
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13 crore Indians came out of poverty in five years, claims Union Minister Piyush Goyal
He cited a NITI Aayog report saying that the share of India’s multidimensionally poor fell from 24.85% in 2015-’16 to 14.96% in 2019-’21.
Scroll Staff
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How many people live below the poverty line in India? It could be 34 million or 373 million
In the absence of data, estimates differ widely.
Nushaiba Iqbal, IndiaSpend.com
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Colonial roots, criminalising the vulnerable: Why India’s laws against begging need an urgent rehaul
The laws should be reformed to address poverty and ensure the rehabilitation of those with few means to survive.
Sneha Priya Yanappa & Avinash Reddy
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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‘No Muslim can win, now or in the future’: In Assam’s Barpeta, delimitation fears confirmed
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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‘Political conspiracy’, alleges HD Revanna on his arrest for alleged abduction related to rape case
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The Great Indian Poverty Debate, 2.0
Has the Modi government really accelerated poverty reduction? It is hard to tell as the country has effectively stopped measuring poverty.
Justin Sandefur
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Fact check: Has extreme poverty in India really dropped below 1%, as a new IMF paper claims?
Economists are sceptical of the claim that the country’s food security scheme helped avert a rise in extreme poverty. Here’s why.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
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What statistics miss: Even households earning eight times the poverty line suffer from deprivation
The poverty line is based on the expenditure required to maintain a minimum level of health, education and nutritional outcome.
Nushaiba Iqbal, IndiaSpend.com
Video
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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For India to measure poverty and achieve development goals, it needs a multipronged approach
While the new multidimensional poverty index is a welcome change, there is a need for data on the utilisation of government schemes.
Manjula M & Amalendu Jyotishi
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India’s poverty rate fell by half between 2005-’06 and 2015-’16: UN report
The poorest groups – across states, castes, religions, and ages – had the biggest reductions in the decade.
Scroll Staff
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Urban India’s paradox: The homeless risk death daily on the streets even as shelters remain empty
A government scheme to ensure one shelter for every 100,000 residents has not been implemented according to plan.
Manipadma Jena
The Reel
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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What a tribunal that blamed a man sleeping on the road for his death should know about homelessness
The motor accident claims tribunal recently ruled that a man run over by a dumper truck was equally to blame for the accident.
Harsh Mander
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Modi's Gujarat has fared badly on poverty alleviation, however you measure it
The state's record on this front is bad whether you go by a person's daily spending on goods and services or use other telling but often ignored indicators such as the wages of casual labour or leakages in the public distribution system.
Sumana Ramanan