India's urban evolution, shaped by central government missions, raises questions on local autonomy and citizen-centric urban ...

Telangana government integrates urban and rural SHGs to empower women, alleviate poverty, and strengthen financial independence.

Government backbencher Sim Tze Tzin has reaffirmed the necessity of Putrajaya’s proposed Urban Renewal Act (URA) as a method to alleviate the urban poor community’s woes.

Plastic is increasingly being used for fuel by much of the world’s urban poor, to the detriment of the health of local people and their environment, researchers argue in a new commentary.

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Bangladesh is witnessing a concerning rise in poverty, leading to worsening food insecurity, according to a recent study by ...

Only 30 per cent of urban households said that the quality of piped water supplied to their homes was 'good', while 14 per ...

He also mentioned that urban health facility centres, specifically catering to poor and slum-dwellers, will be set up in all towns and cities. Choudhary further said that the govt would implement ...

Urban areas witnessed a sharper rise in extreme poverty, reaching 8.16% in 2024; in rural areas, it rose from 4.94% to 5.75% ...