New Poverty Figures

World leaders have drawn up ambitious goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and promote development over the next 15 years, but now they have to figure out how to pay the bill.

Why Jaitley's Thursday speech is crucial by Ashok Malik.

After the government faced flak over the Planning Commission's latest poverty estimates, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said a government panel would devise new methods to assess poverty in the country as the issue needs a multi-layered approach.

World leaders have drawn up ambitious goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and promote development over the next 15 years, but now they have to figure out how to pay the bill.

Why Jaitley's Thursday speech is crucial by Ashok Malik.

After the government faced flak over the Planning Commission's latest poverty estimates, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said a government panel would devise new methods to assess poverty in the country as the issue needs a multi-layered approach.