Rural poverty in India saw a significant decline in 2023-24, with the poverty ratio falling below 5 per cent for the first time, according to an analysis by SBI Research. The sharp increase in rural ...
Last week, Parliament repealed the two-decade old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and passed ...
In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...
India proposes legislation to expand its rural employment scheme, increasing guaranteed workdays from 100 to 125 per ...
The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...
Introduction to the New Employment Bill The Indian government has introduced the Developed India – Employment and Livelihood Mission (Rural) Bill, 2025, aiming to significantly transform the rural ...