Bhukh chala gaya, dukh nahi: The new hunger problem stalking India’s poorest region
Government schemes have brought food to people in Koraput, Kalahandi and Bastar; but they still do not have sustainable livelihoods
India’s poverty: There is no end to Surjit Bhalla’s imagination
The IMF executive director has just declared that India was nearly free of extreme poverty in 2020 and inequality was lowest in 40 years due to …
After selling a minor girl to buy food, a prime ministerial visit, India’s face of poverty is drowned in debt
Phanas Punji’s next generations have the same level of poverty in what is called inter-generational chronic poverty
COVID-19: Over 500 million Africans may fall below extreme poverty line, warns report
Indicators such as fiscal deficits, rising debt and remittances are estimated to fall by 20% because of COVID-19 in Africa
Poverty is ecological: We must accept income poverty is the wrong yardstick
Today, October 17, 2020, we observe the 27th anniversary of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty at a time when the COVID-19 …
India needs the ‘Garibi Hatao’ slogan back
Anti-poverty programmes must be universal, not just on a below or above poverty line matrix
India stopped counting poor; now the world in bind on how to achieve zero poverty by 2030
World Bank’s latest poverty report highlights how absence of poverty data in India — junked by the government last year — …
Breaking the cycle of poverty: Financial freedom for tribal women
For tribal communities, financial freedom translates into financial literacy, with which comes the access to various government safety nets and rights
What Sierra Leone teaches us on poverty measurement
The latest Global Multidimensional Poverty Index says this least developed country reduced overall poverty and deprivations fastest in the world …
India lifted 271 mln people out of poverty in 10 yrs, claims govt report
The poverty estimates used to back the claims, however, are decade old
COVID-19 relief didn’t reach Jan Dhan a/cs of many women: Survey
At least 12,500 women Jan Dhan account holders across 13 states were surveyed; 16% reported their Jan Dhan accounts were either not operational, …
Global poverty: coronavirus could drive it up for the first time since the 1990s
Poverty is likely to increase dramatically in middle-income developing countries in Asia, such as India, Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines
COVID-19 exposes fault lines in peri-urban areas
Lack of sanitation awareness prevails at a greater extent here; it is unclear how COVID-19-centric awareness campaigns will influence behavioral …
How India remains poor: Nine billionaires own as much as half the people
India protests against rising Inequality
How India remains poor: Has poverty become ‘hereditary’
Millions of Indian households transfer poverty to the next generation, making poverty eradication nearly impossible
India must spend 10% of its GDP to meet SDGs by 2030: Report
UNESCAP report flags concern regarding India’s rising non-performing assets, which can potentially derail the country’s efforts …
Making the rich pay more to care for the poor is common sense
The growing gap between the rich and the poor is a result of how governments form policy
Who is economically secular?
The rich have the chance to get richer in an economic crisis while the poor face the prospect of sinking deeper in poverty
Forget 2022, more than 110 million Indians would remain poor forever
The next generation of the current poor Indians has high probability of remaining poor as well. Lack of access to resources like forests and …
Budget 2017 Analysis with Sunita Narain
Centre for Science and Environment and Down to Earth analysed the 2017 Budget by Arun Jaitley. The major takeaway is that there is very little …
Sector-based highlights of Union Budget 2017-18
The budget’s thrust has been on stimulating growth, affordable housing, curbing black money and promoting digital economy
Poverty eradication - Why do we always fail?
The government plans to bring one crore households out of poverty by 2019. Such targets are announced each year, but why don’t they work?
Sure cure: how to tackle India's undernutrition crisis in 10 steps
The finance ministry and the planning department can play an overarching role by ensuring health programmes get sufficient resources
Government tries to harvest success with farmer-friendly Budget
The 2016 Budget has the right intent for the rural sector, but lacks clarity
Why Dashrath Manjhi’s feat should be celebrated more than Pichai’s and Nadella’s
A cynical comparison between two unequal worlds
