Rising employment, particularly among rural women, and expanded social transfers contributed to India's poverty reduction.

The number of working women in India has nearly doubled in eight years, reaching 20.1 crore in 2025. Yet women continue to ...

A new Icrier report found that women with lower levels of education drove female workforce growth, while household ...

The World Bank Group’s ‘October 2026 Poverty & Equity Brief’ confirms that India has demonstrated one of the fastest and most ...

India cut poverty dramatically (extreme poverty 27.1% to 2.6% since 2011) amid rising employment and social transfers, with persistent wage and regional disparities.

India has recorded one of the fastest declines in poverty anywhere in the world, according to the World Bank data ...

India's rise in female workforce participation has been driven largely by women with lower levels of education, while women ...

As many as 496 million people moved above the lower-middle-income poverty line of $4.20 a day between 2011 and 2023, ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday highlighted that the World Bank's October 2026 Poverty & Equity Brief records ...

The ceremony to commemorate the India Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day 2026 was held at the Parkroyal Hotel in ...

Extreme poverty falls from 27.1% to 2.6% as consumption, jobs, and food support improve living standards across the country.