She is part of a faceless, often-cited statistic: About 60% of India's nearly 1.3 billion people live on less than $3.10 a day, the World Bank's median poverty line. And 21%, or more than 250 ...

Extreme poverty is now below 1%, a remarkable feat in the world’s most populous nation, achieved by tapping people’s ...

One netizen called India "a rich country with poor people," and another wrote, "We are just a showoff nation.". A third user ...

Moments after fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi was arrested in Belgium in connection with the PNB loan fraud case, the ...

NEW DELHI – Mr Amar Singh is hoping his wife will qualify for a monthly cash handout of 2,500 rupees (S$38) promised to women by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the latest Delhi ...

India’s employed poverty challenges arise from a sense of humour about the rule of law that gives us too many people on farms, too many people in self-employment, too few people in manufacturing ...

1. Value of $5-10 Per Month Cellphone Communication For poor people in Africa and India, where many live on less than $2 a day, a cellphone costing $5-10 per month represents a significant portion of ...