Kerala’s extreme poverty rate, which stood at 0.71% according to NITI Aayog’s 2021 data, declined to 0.48% by 2024.

A Progress Review 2023', Singh said that between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the poverty rate reduced from 24.85 per cent to 14.96 ...

“At an aggregate level, we believe poverty rates in India could now be in the range of 4-4.5 per cent with almost minimal existence of extreme poverty,” it said.

Debates on India’s poverty and inequality trends are welcome. We should be careful with global comparisons, though, and keep track of inter-generational mobility as well.

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The above estimates are based on 2017 purchasing power parity terms and if you consider 2021 PPPs, we'll get a revised extreme poverty line of $3.00 (constituting a 15% higher threshold than $2.15 ...

India had hoped its close ties with the US and shared concerns over the growing assertiveness of China would shield it from ...

Despite India’s claim of historic poverty decline, new data raises doubts. Are vulnerable lives masked by changing metrics? Dig into the real numbers.

India is projected to add $1 trillion to its GDP every 12–18 months to 2047. With this momentum, India is targeting a $30 ...