India has made significant progress in poverty reduction, lifting 171 million people out of extreme poverty, with rates dropping from 16.2% in 2011 to 2.3% in 2022–23.

Delhi has witnessed a significant surge in child labour rescue cases, with a 51% increase this year, totaling 202 children ...

However, India still has the highest number of poor people (almost 229 million) in the world. Besides, India hosts the highest number of poor children. Some 97 million or 21.8 percent of its children ...

Road accidents, cancer, heart attacks and brain stroke treatments are the leading causes for people living in low-and ...

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. Skip to main content.

Using microdata from nationally representative household and labor force surveys, we study the impact and drivers of poverty and inequality in India during the pandemic. We have three main findings.