Poverty In India
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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
Trending
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First synthetic embryos grown by scientists raise serious ethical questions
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In Godhra, Bilkis Bano convicts felicitated by RSS member soon after their release
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BJP drops Nitin Gadkari and Shivraj Chouhan from its top decision-making body
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‘What’s behind the flag?’: India’s cartoonists prompt a laugh on the country’s 75th Independence Day
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India at 75: A pugnacious effort is underway to assimilate the North-East into the mainland
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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
Video
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Watch: Beachgoers spot massive waterspout amid thunderstorm in Florida, USA
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Watch: Singer Arijit Singh pays tribute to Indian armed forces in his new music video ‘Patriot’
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Watch: Kerala doctors dance to ‘Pala Palli Tirupalli’, Health Minister Veena George posts video
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Watch: Players face off underwater in the Dive Chess World Championship in London
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Watch: Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister prays to a turbulent Narmada river with a coconut
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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