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India's Poverty Rate Likely To Decline Further To 4.6% In 2024: Report
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).
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Poverty Declines To 8.5% From 21.2% In 2011-2012, Says Think Tank: Report
Poverty in India is estimated to have declined to 8.5 per cent in 2022-24 from 21.2 per cent in 2011-12, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, according to a research paper by the economic think tank NCAER.
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COVID-19 Pushes 80 Million People In Asia Into Extreme Poverty: Asian Development Bank
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has pushed an estimated 75 million to 80 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year compared with what would have happened without COVID-19, according to a new report by th
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Pandemic Pushed 32 Million Indians Out Of Middle Class, Says Pew Research
Financial issues brought by last year's coronavirus pandemic have pushed about 32 million Indians out of the middle class, undoing years of economic gains, a report showed today, while job losses pushed millions into poverty.
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12 Crore Indians Lost Jobs Last Month Amid Virus Lockdown: Think Tank
At least 49 million people across the world are expected to plunge into "extreme poverty" -- those living on less than $1.90 per day -- as a direct result of the pandemic's economic destruction and India leads that projection, with the World Bank estimating some 12 million of its citizens will be pushed to the very margins this year.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Could Push 42-66 Million Children Into Extreme Poverty: UN
The coronavirus pandemic could push an estimated 42-66 million children into extreme poverty and the economic downturn resulting from the outbreak could result in hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths in 2020, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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Over 10 Years, Poverty Rate In India Reduced To Half: UN Report
Over 270 million people in India moved out of poverty in the decade since 2005-06 and the poverty rate in the country nearly halved over the 10-year period, a promising sign that poverty is being tackled globally, according to latest estimates released Thursday.
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95 Per Cent Houses in India Vulnerable To Quake: Government
Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday released 'Earthquake Hazard Zoning Maps' to enable quake resistant construction in the country where an estimated 95 per cent of households are vulnerable to earthquakes in different degrees.
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Earthquake Pushed 1 million Nepalis Below Poverty Line: Report
A national crisis caused by the April 25 earthquake and its aftermath has pushed an estimated one million people below poverty line, a Nepal government report has revealed.
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New Poverty Line: Rs 32 Per Day in Villages, Rs 47 In Cities
Anyone who spends more than Rs 32 a day in villages and more than Rs 47 in cities is not poor, an expert panel has recommended to the government, igniting a major controversy for the government as Parliament meets for the budget session.
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India's Poverty Rate Likely To Decline Further To 4.6% In 2024: Report
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).
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Poverty Declines To 8.5% From 21.2% In 2011-2012, Says Think Tank: Report
Poverty in India is estimated to have declined to 8.5 per cent in 2022-24 from 21.2 per cent in 2011-12, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, according to a research paper by the economic think tank NCAER.
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COVID-19 Pushes 80 Million People In Asia Into Extreme Poverty: Asian Development Bank
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has pushed an estimated 75 million to 80 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year compared with what would have happened without COVID-19, according to a new report by th
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Pandemic Pushed 32 Million Indians Out Of Middle Class, Says Pew Research
Financial issues brought by last year's coronavirus pandemic have pushed about 32 million Indians out of the middle class, undoing years of economic gains, a report showed today, while job losses pushed millions into poverty.
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12 Crore Indians Lost Jobs Last Month Amid Virus Lockdown: Think Tank
At least 49 million people across the world are expected to plunge into "extreme poverty" -- those living on less than $1.90 per day -- as a direct result of the pandemic's economic destruction and India leads that projection, with the World Bank estimating some 12 million of its citizens will be pushed to the very margins this year.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Could Push 42-66 Million Children Into Extreme Poverty: UN
The coronavirus pandemic could push an estimated 42-66 million children into extreme poverty and the economic downturn resulting from the outbreak could result in hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths in 2020, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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Over 10 Years, Poverty Rate In India Reduced To Half: UN Report
Over 270 million people in India moved out of poverty in the decade since 2005-06 and the poverty rate in the country nearly halved over the 10-year period, a promising sign that poverty is being tackled globally, according to latest estimates released Thursday.
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95 Per Cent Houses in India Vulnerable To Quake: Government
Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday released 'Earthquake Hazard Zoning Maps' to enable quake resistant construction in the country where an estimated 95 per cent of households are vulnerable to earthquakes in different degrees.
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Earthquake Pushed 1 million Nepalis Below Poverty Line: Report
A national crisis caused by the April 25 earthquake and its aftermath has pushed an estimated one million people below poverty line, a Nepal government report has revealed.
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New Poverty Line: Rs 32 Per Day in Villages, Rs 47 In Cities
Anyone who spends more than Rs 32 a day in villages and more than Rs 47 in cities is not poor, an expert panel has recommended to the government, igniting a major controversy for the government as Parliament meets for the budget session.
