Alirajpur district in Madhya Pradesh poorest in the country: Global report
About 76.5 per cent of the people in the district are poor
Africa’s poverty dip, a blip?
Extreme poverty decreased due to low food price, soon to be reversed due to high inflation
Resource literacy of the poor
We must invest in economies of poor, build capacities so they can withstand & overcome calamity
Cut inequality to fight climate crisis
Economic inequality raises carbon emissions, with the rich contributing most: Human Development Index
How India remains poor: Nine billionaires own as much as half the people
India protests against rising Inequality
Many more may fall into poverty trap and several may not escape it
Here’s how poverty, political myopia and ecological degradation are inter-related
Dilli’s dalchawal politics: The taste of power
The unabashed one-upmanship indulged by key players has made even the prospect of a joint activity a painful chore.
Why India's poor laugh at anti-corruption campaigns
Indian anti-corruption drives don't factor in the poor, the worst victims of the scourge
Richest 1% emitted as much as poorest 66%, enough to cause 1.3 million heat deaths: Oxfam report
Annual global emissions of the super-rich 1% was cancelling out the carbon savings from almost a million onshore wind turbines, it shows
COVID-19 pushed 119-124 million into poverty: World Bank updates estimates
The number of pandemic-induced new poor is forecast to rise to 143-163 million in 2021
Every 30 hours, world gets a new billionaire, a million new poor
The question no longer is why poor remain poor, but why rich get richer this fast
As Fani looms large, we should remember what a cyclone costs Odisha
Odisha, which is bracing up for the extremely severe cyclone that’s predicted to make landfall on May 3, faces two natural disasters every year
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
India home to 28% of world’s poor: Human Development Index 2019
While the country has lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2005 and 2015, it still accounts for a large number of the world’s &…
‘Universal Basic Income won’t make people lazy, but afford them more choice’
SDP leader and MP Prem Das Rai speaks to Down To Earth about his party’s plan to role out UBI in Sikkim and how it will help create a …
Sustainable use of wild species can meet needs of billions: IPBES 9 report
The global assessment stressed that the sustainable use of wild species needed constant negotiation and adaptive management
How COVID-19 is exposing children to traffickers
School closure due to COVID-19 has not only precluded many from access to education, but also from a source of shelter and nourishment
Consumption and emissions: rich Indians v/s rich (and poor) Americans
Here’s an attempt at starting a serious debate around sustainable consumption and production by drawing a comparison
Ideas for a pro-poor and pro-women approach to COVID-19
How economic and gender inequalities play out in a public health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic; how local governments can respond …
Supreme Court to probe illegal mining in Odisha
Hearing on plea to stay illegal mining to be taken up next Monday. Petitioners argue that the illegally recovered wealth from the miners should …
COVID-19 lockdown: Isn’t it time for the State to do business again?
The government has to step away from its role of a regulator succumbing to the pressure of businesses; it must recognise its power as procurer / …
