As Indian parliamentary elections approach, politicians’ promises resting on uplifting economic status of the poor will get more assertive and aggressive. As these promises become louder, headlines ...

In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...

LONGWA, India (AP) — To the people who live there, Longwa is a typical hilltop village. The most imposing structure is a corrugated tin roof belonging to the Angh, a hereditary tribal chief. But ...

Suniti Neogy leads a new program at CARE to promote maternal health in India’s poorest villages. But she is not working just with women. Instead, she is working to get men more involved in the health ...

India's poor have been increasingly buying durable goods, and the number of poor households owning such goods has risen significantly over the past decade, a new study has found. About 10 years ago, ...

GANGTOK, India — Nearly four years ago, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Parliament she had big plans for India's border villages. "Border villages with sparse population, limited ...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke on the newly introduced 'Khelo Bharat Niti 2025', saying that schools and colleges will make sports a part of everyday life and sports startups ...