The World Bank has introduced a new global poverty threshold, raising the international poverty line from $2.15 to $3 per person per day.In local terms, the new benchmark translates to approximately ...

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

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

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

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “No country that has a poverty rate of 28.1% can make a justifiable claim to ...

India has achieved significant progress in reducing inequality, emerging as the fourth-most equal country in the world, ...

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