Poverty

Talking about how their mom Asha Ranaut struggled with an alcoholic husband, Rangoli Chandel tweets that sister Kangana Ranaut took inspiration from their mom for her role in Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s Panga. read more

I always gave to charity, a percentage of what I made from every painting sold, and started donating my work to raise money at art auctions for different causes. But I always felt it was never enough read more

The incident has triggered a political slugfest in the state, with the CPI(M) and the Congress blaming it on unemployment and starvation, while the ruling BJP accusing the earlier Left Front rule for its alleged failure to implement poverty eradication... read more

“Charity to my mind is one of the biggest blots in terms of solving the problem. In terms of survival, it is fine and it is needed,” he said. read more

The world knows this gap between the rich and the poor as the ‘10 percent’ problem, sometimes even as the ‘1 percent’ problem. read more

My aim was to work on the alleviation of poverty. After spending a considerable amount of time interacting with people living in slums, I identified unemployment and underemployment as big social challenges read more

My aim was to work on the alleviation of poverty. After spending a considerable amount of time interacting with people living in slums, I identified unemployment and underemployment as big social challenges read more

Fifty-eight-year-old Banerjee was born in 1961. He studied in Calcutta University and Jawaharlal Nehru University and then did a PhD from Harvard in 1988. read more

The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) was released Thursday. read more

India is expected to post real economic growth of 7.2 percent in the 2019-2020 fiscal year, and is seeing below-target inflation even as rising oil prices add an upside risk, the governor said. Still, he added that the inflationary impact from spikes... read more

“Nyay promises to give Rs 6,000 to all those families whose monthly income is less than Rs 6,000. The money would be transferred to the bank account of the woman in the family.” read more

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said his promise of minimum income guarantee scheme is his party’s surgical strike on poverty. read more

Rahul Gandhi said that if his party came to power at the Centre, it would ensure that India’s 20 per cent poorest families would make at least Rs 12,000 every month. read more

A more responsive public support system for education, nutrition, health and agriculture can be transformative read more

In an apparent attack on the opposition, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said sound policy, not slogans will help in alleviating poverty and fulfilling aspirations of people. He said slogans have transient life and people soon realise that... read more