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Poverty Line

  • How many people live below the poverty line in India? It could be 34 million or 373 million

    How many people live below the poverty line in India? It could be 34 million or 373 million

    Nushaiba Iqbal, IndiaSpend.com
    · May 05, 2023 · 07:30 pm
  • Gujarat added 1,359 families to below poverty line list in two years

    Gujarat added 1,359 families to below poverty line list in two years

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 22, 2023 · 07:31 pm
  • Seven charts that show the world is becoming a better place

    Seven charts that show the world is becoming a better place

    Julius Probst, The Conversation
    · Jan 16, 2019 · 09:30 pm
  • How the wealthy and powerful have blocked Sindh’s  water from reaching its poor masses

    How the wealthy and powerful have blocked Sindh’s water from reaching its poor masses

    Mustafa Talpur
    · Jun 08, 2017 · 08:30 pm
  • 'Urban poor or not, metro-dwelling twentysomethings are certainly an emotional ticking bomb'

    'Urban poor or not, metro-dwelling twentysomethings are certainly an emotional ticking bomb'

    Scroll
    · May 14, 2016 · 07:30 pm