Rural poverty in India saw a significant decline in 2023-24, with the poverty ratio falling below 5 per cent for the first time, according to an analysis by SBI Research. The sharp increase in rural ...
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 ...
Celebrating 25 years in 2025, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) stands out as one of India’s most impactful rural ...
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India’s rural employment guarantee offered the poor a job security net that’s about to weaken
Last week, Parliament repealed the two-decade old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and passed ...
A bill that was passed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday seeks to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee ...
The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...
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