A joint report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) reveals that poverty reduction tends to be slowest in countries most affected by conflict.
The study which used UN MPI, based on 12 indicators such as malnutrition, education and sanitation, said rural areas saw the strongest fall in poverty.
UNDP index released Tuesday shows 55% of India was living under multidimensional poverty by 2005-06. This halved to 27.7% by 2015-16 and reduced further to 16.4% by 2019-21.
Data gathered through household surveys for over 6.1 billion people across 111 countries. In India, common deprivations were lack of housing, sanitation, cooking fuel & nutrition.
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022 covers 111 developing countries & shows India's progress outranks countries worldwide & also contributed to decline in overall poverty in South Asia.
Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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