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Best of BS Opinion: Accounting gains, games promoters play & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

230 million Indians pushed into poverty amid Covid-19 pandemic: Report

As the pandemic and eventual lockdowns wreaked havoc on the economy and livelihoods, around 230 mn Indians have been pushed into poverty during the past year, showed a report by Azim Premji University

Primary health to insurance: Five non-Covid-19 areas to focus on in 2021

Issues such as tackling tuberculosis and health insurance, which could have been addressed in 2020, were sidelined

India and World Bank sign $400 mn project to protect poor from Covid impact

India on Wednesday signed a pact worth Dollar 400 million with the World Bank in a bid to aid the poor and vulnerable reeling under the coronavirus crisis

Elitist mindset behind India's learning poverty, says Abhijit Banerjee

There is evidence to show that enough people don't know about the benefits of education, says Banerjee

UN Secretary-General Guterres urges solidarity for people living in poverty

"Women are at greatest risk because they are more likely to lose their jobs, and less likely to have social protection"

Covid lockdown pushed 3 in 4 Dalit, tribal hamlets deeper in debt: Survey

The financial crisis and consequent indebtedness might push many into forced and bonded labour, the survey report has concluded

Female poverty rate in South Asia projected to rise due to Covid-19: UN

The report, ''From Insights to Action: Gender Equality in the wake of COVID-19'', said that the gender poverty gap will worsen further still in South Asia

Necessary to implement MGNREGA, NYAY; will boost economy: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader says implementing the two employment schemes would also be beneficial for the economy

Lost generation: Covid-19 pushes millions of kids out of school, into work

Children may be seen as a stop-gap measure to fill jobs left vacant by migrant labourers who fled cities for their rural homes during the lockdown

Modi govt's Vision 2022 aims to make India poverty, corruption-free

Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year said that celebration of 75th Independence day in 2022 will mark the celebration of the dream of New India in an unique way

India lifted record 273 million out of poverty in 10 years, says UN report

The report says India recorded largest reduction in number of people living in poverty in that period

Top headlines: 271 mn Indians out of poverty, Shiv Nadar retires & more

Here are the top headlines of the day

Study says global poverty may surge to over 1 billion, warns Asian nations

The research by King's College London and the Australian National University points to poverty increasing dramatically in middle-income developing countries, where millions of people live just above t

How unlocking bicycle sector's potential can help India's underprivileged

The world might emerge from the Covid pandemic riding on bicycles, says Jagdish Khattar. India has a chance to lead the pack

Below the poverty line

How much do you need to earn on a daily basis to be above the poverty limit?

Fiscal stimulus by FM is mostly credit oriented, says Subhash Chandra Garg

He said that the fiscal stimulus, by its very nature, is additional fiscal burden on the public finances

Lockdown worsening poverty levels among workers in informal economy: ILO

In high-income countries, relative poverty levels among informal workers are estimated to increase by 52 percentage points

India could use 3-5% of GDP stabilising economy: World Bank economists

The lockdown of economies around the world causes a much sharper decline in economic activity than in normal recessions, says World Bank chief economist south Asia region, Hans Timmer

Covid-19 economic fallout may push half billion people into poverty: Report

The devastating economic fallout of the pandemic is being felt across the globe," said Jose Maria Vera, Oxfam International Interim Executive Director