Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan highlights unprecedented advancements in rural development, citing schemes like PMGSY and PM Awas Yojana. The Economic Survey reflects significant poverty ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nearly 135 million people, around 10% of India's population, escaped poverty in the five years to March 2021, a government report found on Monday. Rural areas saw the strongest ...
The Economic Survey 2025-26 provides a detailed overview of poverty and inclusion, highlighting Indias rural transformation ...
The government has enacted the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, in a major overhaul of the MGNREGA. Here’s what the new law means for rural ...
A World Bank report reveals a dramatic decrease in extreme poverty in India, sparking a debate between the government and the Congress party.
The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...
This Economic Issue is based on IMF Working Paper 00/78 "Rural Poverty in Developing Countries: Issues and Policies." Citations for the research referred to in this shortened version are provided in ...