"All these government programs that regulate and control, they institutionalize mediocrity at best," argues Yaron Brook, head ...

The World Bank reports India lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, reducing it to 2.3 ...

The World Bank says that India has made radical strides in eliminating extreme poverty. The reality on the ground is more ...

SCHOOL students challenged MPs last week to see poverty through their eyes and understand its effect on life at school, home, ...

Government makes most things worse. Lyndon Johnson launched a War on Poverty; Richard Nixon a War on Drugs. Both had good intentions, but their “wars” do more harm than good. I believed the War on ...

Nearly 3 million people were kept out of poverty after Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits saw a boost ...

The Centre told the Supreme Court that provisions of the NFSA Act do not permit revision of the cap fixed for each state ...

Rather than spiraling into panic, we should take a moment to appreciate the remarkable progress we’ve made in improving the ...

Recent cuts eliminated a small, specialized workforce that sets the poverty standards determining who is eligible for ...

Disabled people have the lowest pension income at just 43% of the UK average – some £3,650 per year. Women are retiring with ...

Goals include helping people sign up for government benefits, increasing internet connectivity, and training people for ...

Rural extreme poverty dropped from 18.4 per cent to 2.8 per cent, and urban from 10.7 per cent to 1.1 per cent, narrowing the ...