At the time of Mr Dube’s visit in 1995 almost half of India’s population still lived below the international poverty line, ...

In rural India, guarantees of equal representation on village councils are easily thwarted. But some women are pushing back ...

lifted an entire village from poverty by empowering the women around her. Shantha Shantha is a dynamic, graceful woman from southern India, who grew up extremely poor and married even poorer.

Helping the poor is a like therapy for Rama Prasad Roy, resident of Dum Dum in the bustling city of Kolkata. A former ...

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Agriculture ... highlighting that significant focus has been placed on eradicating poverty in villages through various schemes and provisions introduced ...

Five years ago, a 13-year-old girl, the daughter of poor wage laborers from one of India’s most marginalized communities, was allegedly sexually abused by one of her neighbors in the village ...

In India, the poor and disadvantaged castes vote proportionally more than the rich and the upper castes, and often more than those in developed democracies. Similarly, voter turnout is generally ...