A year without a crop

A failed monsoon is alarming for Jharkhand, a state where severe drought has become more frequent in the last 2 decades 

Dying for ration: 70-year-old sustains family as mentally ill daughter, disabled son-in-law denied BPL benefits

Requests for below-poverty line card rejected

One child born every second of next 7 years to be stunted if SDG progress not accelerated: Data

Sub-Saharan Africa will be most affected, with 86 million cases of stunting for children born between 2023 & 2030

Progress in reducing poverty is unevenly distributed in Kenya, says World Bank

World Bank calls for inclusive growth strategy to pull millions of Kenyans from poverty

How India remains poor: Nine billionaires own as much as half the people

India protests against rising Inequality

Dying for ration: Tonk woman bringing up family on Rs 200 a day not eligible for PDS welfare

Ill-treated by husband for not birthing a boy, free ration would mean not worrying about feeding her daughters

How India remains poor: As many as 22 states have become poorer

Latest NITI Aayog counts no state as ‘achiever’; overall performance of most ‘performing’, ‘laggard’ states …

War-Pandemic: World is poorer now; will double its poverty level on the target year of eradication

Poverty is getting concentrated and chronic in sub-Saharan Africa and rural areas

Chitapur: A village that counts its GDP in tamarind trees

Staple food grain being supplied cheaper, forest produce become the most important economy in forest-dwelling villages, sidelining agriculture

COVID-19: Why are the migrant workers so desperate to move out?

Partition migration was triggered by a newly drawn line between two nations whereas the present exodus highlights another kind of divide, within …

Simply Put: Non-existent species

Simply Put: We the pharaohs

Why inequality is India’s worst enemy

India’s per capita gross domestic product increased five times between 2000 and 2019. The income, however, is concentrated only in a few …

Less than a third BPL senior citizens benefit from old age pension scheme: Health ministry survey

Awareness and enrolment for widow pension and Annapurna schemes were even lower, the study said

US far from achieving first SDG to end poverty

The country, which is likely to miss 12 of 17 goals under the 2030 agenda, may take another 40 years to eradicate poverty going by its current pace

Simply Put: The wealth pyramid & the mummy

Simply Put: Flagging India’s housing problem

Simply Put: Unparliamentary in India

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

Will India officially be poverty free in 2023?

National Statistical Office rolling out consumption expenditure sample survey; may note impact of central schemes adding to people’s income

People working fewer hours due to Long COVID, as sick days increase dramatically: ILO report

Accommodation & food services, transportation & storage among sectors that saw substantial drops in mean hours worked

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

How India remains poor: ‘It will take 7 generations for India’s poor to reach mean income’

World Economic Forum’s latest report says social inequality negates gains from high economic growth

Simply put: Tax cuts and more tax cuts

Simply Put: All is well