Union Minister Nitin Gadkari declared, 'There is no dearth of money in this country. There is no shortage of funds. There is ...

Editorial: A globally unique programme allowed the poor to demand – and get – jobs, empowering rural women. Narendra Modi courts trouble by hollowing it out ...

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 ...

A mass rural employment program has cut poverty in India and inspired policymakers globally. Critics say the government risks rolling back that legacy.

India’s new rural employment law offers greater fiscal predictability at the cost of higher household exposure to ...

Intensifying its attacks on the working class and rural poor, India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government hurriedly pushed the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) ...

Providing unskilled public work, the jobs scheme has become a backbone of rural livelihoods in India [Hindustan Times via Getty Images] India is home to one of the world's most ambitious social ...

Last month, the World Bank released yet another set of poverty estimates for India and bang, bang. The hammer dropped. Extreme poverty is nearly dead. Just some 3.3 crore Indians are extremely poor as ...

Small loans help rural women boost their incomes Loan sharks traditionally dominate village credit markets Microfinance, financial literacy fight informal lenders NARELA, India, Dec 7 (Thomson Reuters ...