At night, a dizzying display of lights cruelly exposes the surrounding shops and houses ... that poor people in slums such as Amina's are not necessarily jostling to become India's next billionaire.

four crore poor people have been provided permanent houses in the country so far. Referring to an old survey in Madhya Pradesh, he said that permanent houses are to be provided to 16 lakh ...

The paper highlights issues with the methodology adopted by the GoI, which estimates poverty at just 5% based on "positive ...