The proportion of Indians living in extreme poverty has plummeted from 27.1 per cent to just 5.3 per cent over the last decade, according to new data released by the World Bank. The international ...

“We have stopped eating tomatoes in salad,” one shopper said, “and we are not making any tomato-based vegetable dishes.” By Hari Kumar and Mujib Mashal Reporting from New Delhi Last year it was wheat, ...

The recent estimate by the World Bank says that the number of people in India living in extreme poverty declined from 344 million in 2011-12 to 75 million in 2022-23. That is 269 million people ...

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The World Bank says that India has made radical strides in eliminating extreme poverty. The reality on the ground is more complicated.