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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

LONGWA, India (AP) — To the people who live there, Longwa is a typical hilltop village. The most imposing structure is a corrugated tin roof belonging to the Angh, a hereditary tribal chief.