Latest data released by the World Bank shows the tale of two countries - India and Pakistan - and their journey to battle poverty - a colonial inheritance.

Recent World Bank data reveals a significant decline in India's extreme poverty rate, dropping from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23, lifting nearly 270 million people out of extreme poverty. This ...

Backed by the World Bank, Generation India’s Project AMBER has trained nearly 24,000 youth—65% of whom found jobs within three months—demonstrating a proven model for economic mobility. With continued ...

Cropin's partnership with farmers, the World Bank and the government of India in 244 villages digitised more than 30,000 farm plots, covering 77 crop varieties across climate-zones, a company ...

The World Bank forecasts a significant decline in global commodity prices, predicting a 12% drop in 2025 and another 5% in 2026, bringing them back to pre-pandemic levels.

However, India could do much more to raise its gross domestic product (GDP) per person, a measure of living standards according to which it ranked a lowly 147 in 2022, according to the World Bank. ...

The World Bank on Wednesday revised India’s GDP growth forecast for FY 2025-26 down to 6.3 per cent, a 0.4 percentage point cut from its previous estimate of 6.7 per cent.

As the world surges into the era of "big data", India risks being left behind. The Economist recently sounded the alarm, warning that the country's "statistical infrastructure is crumbling".

India has lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, according to the World Bank's Poverty & Equity Brief. Extreme poverty levels dropped from 16.2% to 2.3% ...

India's plethora of rules has meant banking merger and acquisition deals are rare and often sub-optimal for both buyer and seller. For Yes Bank, Moody's Ratings said it would only factor in ...

World Bank not informed of India’s decision on Indus Waters Treaty India’s decision means that it will stop its periodic communication with Pakistan on sharing hydrological data on the Indus ...

India lifts 17 crore out of poverty, employment growth outpaces population: World Bank In its report titled India Poverty and Equity Brief, the multilateral agency said that extreme poverty ...