Share of those falling under the 'vulnerable' category has dropped to 15 per cent from over 50 per cent 12 years ago ...

India has virtually eliminated absolute poverty based on World Bank standards, according to Arvind Virmani from Niti Aayog.

Niti Aayog member Arvind Virmani claims absolute poverty is virtually eradicated in India, citing World Bank standards.

Absolute poverty in India, measured by the $1.9 per day income norm, has been virtually eliminated, with only about 1 per ...

The Statistics Department’s Poverty in Malaysia Report 2022 cites the national absolute poverty rate at 6.2 percent - with 7.9 percent for bumiputera, 1.9 percent for Chinese, 5.4 percent for ...

Absolute poverty in India, as per World Bank's metric, has been nearly eradicated, dropping to just 1%. The percentage of the ...

Absolute poverty measured by the World Bank’s yardsticks is “virtually eliminated” in India, and general policy action cannot be deployed to address the few people earning under USD 1.9 a day, a ...

When the most recent figures were published, the Child Poverty Action Group warned ministers that, by relying so heavily on a single policy measure, they were unlikely to meet their targets for child ...