Remarkably, states that were once considered laggards such as Bihar, Rajasthan are showing ... National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) data. The new poverty line for 2023-24 stands at Rs 1,632 ...

In 2005, India introduced a national anti-poverty program ... They also used the data to better understand the program’s effectiveness in reaching India‘s rural poor, and more specifically, backward ...

A complaint was filed against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur court ... that dipping in the Ganga did not eliminate poverty or provide food to hungry stomachs.

But for many families in poverty-stricken rural India, their children's education seems more of a far-fetched dream. NHK World's Hirayama Akihide visited Bihar state to see the struggle firsthand.