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In 2025, the World Bank reported that extreme poverty in India had decreased from 27.1% to 5.3% in a little over a decade. General poverty also fell from 57.7% to 23.9% during the same period. However, rural areas and northern India in general have not kept pace with the economic growth of the country at large.
India is a country on the rise. However, not everyone receives the benefits.
The Challenges We Face.
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Even as India's educational capacities increase in step with its economy, states like Uttar Pradesh have been left "floundering with lower enrolment rates and inadequate infrastructure" (Times of India, 2024).
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"Average provider knowledge in Tamil Nadu and Kerala is over two standard deviations higher than in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.... child mortality of 58 per 1000 in Bihar and 78 per 1000 in Uttar Pradesh are similar to some of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa" (Das et al, 2022).
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"Compared to participants from Rajasthan, those from states such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh had significantly higher risks of experiencing all three food insecurity indicators" (Rana & Ghose, 2024).
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Life takes unexpected twists that sometimes exceed financial capacity, especially for the urban and rural poor of North India. Mercy Way tries to fill this gap by providing stopgap assistance for unforeseen, urgent needs. This takes different forms at different times—precisely because the needs of life vary.
Click below to find out how we do our part:
Thus far, Mercy Way Foundation has been the work of a few people.
But many hands make light work.
Aniruddha Pratap Singh founded Mercy Way Foundation in 2025 and runs its charitable operations himself. Would you like to join with him?
How you can support us
Our work with the neglected of North India is fueled by generous donations by people like you.
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