India's poverty rate of 28.1% challenges its claim as one of the most equal societies, Congress urges policy change.

According to the report, the number of people living in poverty has come down from 24.85 percent in 2015-16 to 14.96 percent ...

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh raised alarms over rising inequality in India, revealing that in 2023-24, the top 10% of earners ...

Make Poverty History blazed a trail in reducing poverty across the world. But now progress is heading backwards so where do ...

The Congress expressed concerns on Sunday over a recent World Bank report that said poverty and inequality remain ...

Jairam Ramesh said government supporters are now trying to twist the data to claim that India is “one of the most equal ...

In the World Bank's report which contains data of 167 countries, India falls into the "moderately low" inequality category, ...

The government's child poverty strategy is a step in the right direction but will do nothing for the migrant children living ...

According to Ramesh, 28.1% of the Indian population is currently living below the national poverty line, a statistic he deems ...

Congress disputes India's Gini Index-based equality ranking, citing 28.1% poverty rate and widening disparity as evidence of ...

Sub-Saharan Africa's poverty rate has also been raised, increasing the estimated number of people living in extreme poverty from 448 million to 559 million ...

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday criticised the Modi government for its handling of poverty and inequality data, accusing it of "spinning" World Bank data to claim that India is one of the most ...