Multidimensional poverty in India

If government sources — and the World Bank — are to be believed, poverty in India has declined significantly in the past two decades. Even as newer assessments of income poverty emerge (as with the Report of the Tendulkar Committee on Poverty Estimates) that raise the proportion of people below the poverty line, it is still argued that this proportion may be higher than earlier thought, but has still come down a lot during the period of high economic growth.  

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“Youth Friendly Health Centre” inaugurated at Jamia

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Indian girl rails against early, arranged marriages

Rekha Kalindi, 14, tells her story at a public awareness program in an Indian district. Her refusal to get married as a child has inspired national reform. (IBNS)

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