poor Indians

India's richest one per cent now own more than 40 per cent of country's total wealth, finds new study

Oxfam International's annual inequality report said that if India's billionaires are taxed once at 2 per cent on their entire wealth, it would support the requirement of Rs 40,423 crore for the nutrition of malnourished in the country for the next three years.

Jan 16, 2023, 11:06 AM IST

LED bulbs for Indian poor, courtesy American girl

Ashok Kumar/OneWorld South Asia

Jul 14, 2016, 13:25 PM IST

100 million more Indians defined as poor: Reports

The poverty line is used to help determine government welfare benefit entitlements.

Jul 07, 2014, 18:11 PM IST