Below Poverty Line is a benchmark used by the government of India to indicate economic disadvantage and to identify individuals and households in need...

poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line...

Live Below the Line is an annual anti-poverty campaign run by the Oaktree Foundation. The campaign began as a challenge in which participants would feed...

still lives below the national poverty line and 6.3%[additional citation(s) needed] in extreme poverty (December 2018). The World Poverty Clock shows...

living below national poverty line (%) – poverty line deemed appropriate for a country by its authorities (however definitions of the poverty line vary...

Economy'. The rank is calculated according to the percentage of people below poverty -line which is computed as per Tendulkar method on Mixed Reference Period...

Development Report. The percentage figures for citizens living below the poverty line are provided by either the CIA World Factbook (2007) or the World...

government stated that 22% percent of its population lives below the national poverty line set at Rs. 3030 (US$10) per month. Independent bodies supported...

within the United Nations. In 2018, extreme poverty mainly refers to an income below the international poverty line of $1.90 per day (in 2011 prices, $2.66...

people living below the official poverty line decreased substantially from 14.5% in 2015 to 10.1% in 2019, and 6.4% in 2020. Child poverty in Canada declined...

determine poverty status, 40.8 million lived below the poverty line in 2023 (or 12.5% of the total population). See the table below for the highest poverty rates...

{Gi}{z}}} The poverty gap index denotes the extent to which individuals fall below the poverty line (poverty gap) as a proportion of the poverty line. By summing...

of the Ministry of Rural Development to construct houses for the Below Poverty Line population in the villages. Under the PMGAY scheme, financial assistance...

Having an income below the poverty line, which is defined as an income needed to purchase basic needs, is also referred to as primary poverty. The "dollar...

female literacy rate at 66.1%. According to NITI Aayog's Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) based on NFHS-5, 22.93% population of Uttar Pradesh is poor...

all the people below a poverty line in a given population and considers them equally poor. Poverty gap index estimates the depth of poverty by considering...

the poverty cut-off line. M1 = H x A x G. Adjusted Squared Poverty Gap (M2): This measure reflects the incidence, intensity, and depth of poverty, as...

on 1 May 2016 to distribute 50 million LPG connections to women of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. A budgetary allocation of ₹80 billion (US$950 million)...

Minority population. The programme was gradually extended to cover all Below Poverty Line (BPL) population. As a part of the continuous efforts of the Indian...

The culture of poverty is a concept in social theory that asserts that the values of people experiencing poverty play a significant role in perpetuating...

Poverty in Switzerland refers to people who are living in relative poverty in Switzerland. In 2018, 7.9% of the population or some 660,000 people in Switzerland...

disadvantaged households. The scheme is available to families holding a Below Poverty Line (BPL) white ration card. The scheme was introduced on 1 May 2013 by...

eligibility criteria were relaxed to provide for both Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Above Poverty Line (APL) families. This is one of a number of schemes...

countries. Recent figures show that 1.37 million people are living below the poverty line and struggling to survive on HK$4,000 (US$510) per month for a one-person...

by region List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty Poverty in Africa HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2023-24: Breaking the gridlock:...

functional literacy skills P 3 {\displaystyle P_{3}} : Population below income poverty line (50% of median adjusted household disposable income) P 4 {\displaystyle...

Africa, 25% (2023/2024) of its population lives below the international poverty line. This severe poverty is caused by economic inequality, government corruption...

in "deep poverty," a subterranean level of scarcity. Take the poverty line and cut it in half: Anything below that is considered deep poverty. The deep...

rate: 23.8% (2010) country comparison to the world: 175 Population below poverty line: NA% (2002 est.) Household income or consumption by percentage share:...

of Africa and Asia, this percent goes up to 50%. The population below the poverty line lacks access due to higher retail price and unavailability of the...