The poverty line is now set at INR 1,632 for rural areas and INR 1,944 for urban areas, significantly higher than the INR 816 (rural) and INR 1,000 (urban) benchmarks established in 2011-12.

From assessments of poverty to measures of happiness, here’s how India ranked. According to the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024, approximately 1.1 billion people out of a total of 6.3 ...

The chart shows the official estimates (the planning-commission ... From that perspective, the 1999-2000 estimate is nothing short of astonishing: the Indian poverty rate fell by 12.8 percent over 18 ...