In her New Year message, Mayawati said she hopes 2026 will make the daily lives of the poor and hardworking sections of society — collectively referred to as the Bahujan Samaj — simpler and freer from the growing burden of complex rules and laws.
Addressing students at the Delhi School of Economics here, the minister said India stands distinctly on its feet because of its economic strength.
In contrast, nearly 45% of Pakistan's population lives in poverty, with 16.5% classified as living in extreme poverty, as per the report.
Hunger is a common physiological phenomenon. It is measured by the prevalence of undernourishment i.e. an individual’s habitual consumption of inadequate food.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has made a commitment to eradicate poverty from UP in the next three years and to make the state number one in the country.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma took on the Congress and its leadership for "keeping in illusion poor people for decades on their poverty alleviation plank".
This contributes to 62.2 per cent of the country's total poor population of around 900,000 people.
He made these remarks at the exclusive Reimagining Poverty Alleviation in India roundtable organized by the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia in New Delhi on Thursday.
In an exclusive interview to The Statesman, PM Narendra Modi underscores the need for a strong government and a clear vision for India's progress. He discusses plans for the middle class, youth employment, successes in Jammu and Kashmir, and Bengal's future, highlighting the importance of a significant electoral mandate for effective governance and a Viksit Bharat by 2047.
China is about to celebrate ten years of its infrastructure building Belt and Road Initiative BRI) a symbol of its rise as a global power and a defining feature of its foreign policy which it touts as its gift to the world it claims to have created more than 420,000 lakh jobs and lifted 40 million people out of poverty.
