New York, 17 October 2025 – Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, ...

Poverty is a global issue affecting about one-tenth of the people worldwide. It is a relevant concern not only in the developing countries but also to some extent in the developed world. As per 2025 ...

NITI Aayog is preparing to launch a Frontier Tech Challenge, which will fund the top 50 innovation ideas. New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Multidimensional poverty in India, which apart from food covers ...

Poverty estimates have long been a political battleground in India. The recent Multidimensional Poverty Index findings have been critiqued not just for methodological flaws but also for potentially ...

NEARLY eight in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty—or 887 million of the 1.1 billion globally—are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air ...

5 September - Around the world, over 800 million people live in extreme poverty and 1.1 billion people are still living in multidimensional poverty. As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ...

According to the 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 75.6 per cent of ...

Child poverty continues to be one of the urgent challenges of our time, with nearly 900 million children experiencing multidimensional poverty. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) ...

Citing the 'National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023', Singh said that between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the poverty rate reduced from 24.85 per cent to 14.96 per cent, which means ...

The Presidency has stated that the ongoing government investments in infrastructure have helped lift over 10 million Nigerians out of multidimensional poverty. This was made known by the Special ...