Pakistan offers India help for pandemic-hit poor
… lockdown, Khan announced Pakistan’s largest one-off cash payment program to pay around $1 billion to 12 million poverty-stricken families.
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He defeated coronavirus. But a bigger battle awaits
Unable to continue his education due to poverty, he left for India at 12, and worked as a laborer. BK first went to Punjab with his brother to find a job.
‘I am so afraid’: India’s poor face world’s largest lockdown
While India’s economy has boomed over the past two decades, pulling vast numbers out of extreme poverty, inequality also has grown. Those near the …
Pandemic a ‘perfect storm’ for South Asia, World Bank says
… performance in 40 years, with decades of progress in the battle against poverty at risk, because of coronavirus, the World Bank said Sunday. India …
Pandemic a ‘perfect storm’ for South Asia, World Bank says
… performance in 40 years, with decades of progress in the battle against poverty at risk, because of coronavirus, the World Bank said Sunday. India …
India’s coronavirus relief plan could leave millions without food aid, activists say
India’s lockdown will push many more people into poverty and the government must ensure free food reaches everyone in need, Dreze told Reuters, …
India’s coronavirus relief plan could leave millions without food aid, activists say
India’s lockdown will push many more people into poverty and the government must ensure free food reaches everyone in need, Dreze told Reuters, …
India’s poor hit hardest by virus lockdown
… Labour Organization (ILO) said this week that 400 million Indians working in the informal economy risk falling deeper into poverty during the crisis.
Survey: 400 million Indian workers may sink into poverty due to COVID-19, says ILO
About 40 crore workers in India working in the informal economy are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
Social distancing is a privilege of the middle class. For India’s slum dwellers, it will be impossible
"As everything is shutting down, I believe we have no option but to live in this poverty and filth in the city." This story was first published on CNN.com, …
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