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Effective measures needed to fight inflation, rising poverty

THIS is highly worrying that inflation, especially food inflation, has pushed about 10 per cent of the population, 1.78 crore people, either into poverty or at risk of poverty in 2022–2024. A Research and Policy Integration for Development study has also identified that the segment of people living in extreme poverty has increased from 5.65 per cent in 2022 to 7.95 per cent in...

Proposed budget lacks proper policy direction: RAPID

Research and Policy Integration for Development, a private think tank, has identified lack of proper policy direction in the proposed budget for the 2024-25 financial year against the government’s intent to address macroeconomic challenges...