A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the......
The number of poor people in India fell by about 415 million between 2005-06 and 2019-21, a ”historic change” and a demonstration that the Sustainable Development Goal target of......
At some stage this fall in the quality of life will begin to hurt anybody's popularity, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi. Photograph: Press Information Bureau......
As the country eagerly awaits an expected coronavirus vaccination drive in January, at least 125 intended beneficiaries each in four states who had registered on the Co-WIN App were on Monday sent......
India dropped one spot to 131 among 189 countries in the 2020 human development index, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme. IMAGE: Kindly note that this......
India ranked 132 out of 191 countries in the 2021 human development index, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Kindly note that this image has been......
Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India, according to Niti Aayog's first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com As......
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multi-dimensional poverty index values during the period with strong improvements in......
While India's human development index has improved, absolute performance levels aren't satisfactory, says T N Ninan. The Human Development Report (HDR) that was published recently by the United......
India improves position, but fares worse than neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh on many parameters India’s ranking on Human Development Index rose by a notch in 2014 -- to 130th from......