India's extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3% over a decade from 27.1% in 2011-12 even as the World Bank revised upwards its threshold poverty line to USD 3 per day. Given India's inflation ...
The real poverty line at which a bare minimum level of nutrition can be reached, is at least three times the official poverty ...
The World Bank says that India has made radical strides in eliminating extreme poverty. The reality on the ground is more complicated.