According to a World Bank report, extreme poverty (defined as living on less than USD 2.15 per day) decreased from 16.2 per cent in 2011-12 to 2.3 per cent in 2022-23, lifting 171 million people ...

Himanshu et al, “Poverty Decline in India after 2011–12”, The Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 60, Issue No: 15, April 12, 2025 A recent paper has estimated that poverty reduction in ...

India has managed to reduce its 'extreme poverty rate' from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23, data by the World Bank said, indicating that India's economic trajectory has seen a transformative ...

Poverty estimates have long been a political battleground in India. The recent Multidimensional Poverty Index findings have been critiqued not just for methodological flaws but also for ...

In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to ...

India's extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3 per cent over a decade from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 even as the World Bank revised upwards its threshold poverty line to $3 per day.

The absence of official poverty estimates after 2011–12 has led to a new debate about the recent evolution of poverty in India. Reviewing the existing estimates of consumption-based poverty after 2011 ...

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 7 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday highlighted that about 30 crore people across the country have come out of the poverty line ...

India has achieved a remarkable feat in its fight against poverty. According to the World Bank, India has lifted 171 million or 17.1 crore people out of extreme poverty in the decade between 2011 ...