Is India’s poverty rate 5% or 24%? A debate over poverty lines, data transparency, and Parliament’s questions reveals how millions may be missing from policy.

India's poverty continues to decline steadily, with the poverty rate likely to fall to 4.6 per cent in 2024, estimates a recent report by the State Bank of India (SBI). This marks a significant ...

India has emerged as a crucial factor in offsetting a sharp global rise in poverty following the World Bank's announcement of a major revision to the International Poverty Line (IPL). The Bank raised ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...

India knows how to count the poor. From ration cards to multi-decade surveys such as the National Sample Survey, there are sophisticated systems to track deprivation – who’s getting by, who’s falling ...

The World Bank says that India has made radical strides in eliminating extreme poverty. The reality on the ground is more complicated.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Is the number of poor people in India closer to 75 million or 342 million? It is a difference of more than a quarter of a billion lives, and it hinges on where the poverty line is drawn. Over the past ...

In Mumbai's Dharavi, poverty is being curated, priced and sold to dollar-rich visitors. Slum tourism has been around in India for decades, but there is a thin line between giving context, and ...