Extreme Poverty
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For India’s poor, more children means worse deprivation
Educating women improves the situation, but only slightly.
Sana Ali, IndiaSpend.com
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Two decades on, a reporter revisits son who lost his mother to hunger – and finds little has changed
In 1996, Balmati Naik died in Barlabaheli village in Odisha. A writer visits her only child, Gundhar, and traces his struggle.
Purusottam Thakur
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670 million people in rural India live on Rs 33 per day
The SECC figures come at a time when global credit rating agencies have warned that slow growth in rural India may cripple the overall economy.
Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com
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