Chandigarh: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi faced severe criticism from opposition political parties and comman man on the social media for his remarks on poverty.
Participating in a discourse i

New Delhi: In the wake of a major uproar over poverty estimates, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday admitted that the method of tabulating the number of poor is ‘abs

New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar on Wednesday said it was possible to have "full meal at Rs 12 in Mumbai" even today, a remark that drew sharp reaction from BJP, which dubbed it "laughable

New Delhi: Virtually sticking to its earlier controversial way of calculating poverty figures, Planning Commission on Tuesday said the number of people living below the poverty line has shrunk in bot

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh was one of the very few states in the country where starvation deaths were recorded in 2012. As many as 18 starvation deaths were reported in the state in the last year, acc

One in eight people worldwide still suffers from chronic hunger, the UN's food agency said on Tuesday, describing the figure as "unacceptable" and warning that the fight against hunger was slowing dow

A large number of people, including tribals, on Wednesday set out on a 'Jan Satyagraha' march to Delhi from here to highlight the problems of landless poor.

Before the march, Gandhian organisation E

The Chilean president's efforts to squeeze political advantage from his campaign to reduce poverty have backfired, opening him up to accusations that he distorted statistics to show progress on a camp

Hundreds of starving people dug up to retrieve inconsumable rice dumped by Railway authorities in riverbed near here at Jagatpur.

The poor were seen taking home bagful of dirt-filled rice, declared u

Visit the Banjara thandas of the state bordering Andhra Pradesh and you confront the stark reality of their poverty. It is here that women are driven to killing their baby girls after giving birth to