- 17.1 crore people lifted out of extreme poverty
- Decline in rural poverty – 2011-12 (18.4%) – 2022-23 (2.8%)
- Decline in urban poverty – 2011-12 (10.7%) – 2022-23 (1.1%)
- 65% of India’s extreme poor in 2011-12 – in five most populous states – Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh – by 2022-23, these states saw two-thirds of the overall decline in extreme poverty
- India – poverty at the lower-middle-income level, measured at 3.65 US dollars per day – the country has performed well the World Bank says
- India’s poverty rate at 3.65 US dollars per day – 2011-12 (61.8%) – 2022-23 (28.1%)
- Multidimensional poverty – in reducing non-monetary poverty – multidimensional poverty measure (MPM) of India – 2005-06 (53.8%) – 2022-23 (15.5%)
- India’s new poverty rates as per the new international poverty line – extreme poverty (5.3%) – lower-middle-income poverty (23.9%)
- Gini Index – measures income inequality – a consumption based index – 2011-12 (28.8%) – 2022-23 (25.5%)
- People living in extreme poverty – the proportion of people living on less than 2.15 US dollars a day (the international benchmark for extreme poverty) – 2011-12 (16.2%) – 2022-23 (2.3%)
- The Poverty and Equity Briefs (PEBs) from the World Bank – published twice a year
- Rates of poverty – international benchmarks ($2.15 for extreme poverty, $3.65 for lower-middle-income, and $6.85 for upper-middle-income
(Information core: The World Bank’s ‘Spring 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief’)