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Pakistan’s economic model has failed completely: The World Bank says as it asks the government to tax agriculture and real estate

Highlighting that Pakistan’s economic model has failed completely, World Bank asked Pakistan to tax agriculture and real estate.

‘Poverty is a state of mind,’ or using the poor is a mindset? Here’s how the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has been historically disconnected from the...

Their clear disconnect from the grassroots, and Indian and human values in general that showed when Nehru garlanded an Adivasi woman also reflected when Rahul and Priyanka made a fun road trip out of their sympathy visit to the Hathras victim's family.

415 million Indians lifted out of poverty in last 15 years: UNDP’s Multidimensional Poverty Index report

The United Nations Development Programme called the reduction in poverty "remarkable" underlining that India is on the path to achieving sustainable development goals

Pakistan is South Asia’s weakest economy, huge task to pull it out of poverty, report says

Imagine the country with one of the world's most irrigated fertile wheat-growing land has a shortage of flour and no money to import it.

Pakistan flour crisis: Shortage, stampedes reported from several areas, armed guards escort vans distributing flour

Tens of thousands spend hours daily to get the subsidized bags of flour that are already short in supply in the market, according to a report

Pakistan poverty rate raises by 35.7%, ranks 92 out of 116 in list of countries on International Poverty Index

Pakistan's food security was already affected by terrorist activities, conflicts with Afghanistan and weather changes. The rising inflation has worsened it. 

PM Modi tears into Congress’ ‘Garibi hatao’ facade, exposes how they made 17 crore poor people ‘rich’ in 2013

In 2013, the Planning Commission under the Congress led UPA had said that estimated poverty line set at Rs 27 a day for person in rural area and Rs 33 per day in urban area.

China claims to have achieved goal of ‘zero poverty’ but the truth is a lot more complicated

China recently declared that the National Poverty Alleviation Summary and Commendation Conference has been a success.

‘Can a poor Dalit not wear nice clothes?’ Beneficiary of PM Garib Kalyan package lambasts ‘liberals’ who mocked her saying she doesn’t look ‘poor...

The beneficiary Kajal stated that she works in a beauty parlour and knows the importance of being clean and hygienic

Number of poor people in India falls from 27 crore in 2011 to 8.4 crore in 2017: New study reveals

The study claims that as per the Tendulkar poverty line it, poverty in India reduced from 14.9 % in 2011 to 7.0 % in 2017, the fastest decline in poverty the country has ever seen.

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