The new poverty numbers released by the World Bank have placed it at least one step ahead of the Government of India (GOI). The GOI remains stuck to official poverty numbers made more than a decade ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have a compelling new data point to add to the nature vs. nurture debate about ...

Existing poverty lines are outdated. India currently uses two poverty lines to estimate poverty: the Tendulkar line of 2009, which counted those living on less than Rs 33 a day in urban areas and Rs ...

Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, including the use of poorly-ventilated stoves and open fires for cooking inside dwellings. Photo by Mark Katzman. Air ...