Absolute poverty in India, as per World Bank's metric, has been nearly eradicated, dropping to just 1%. The percentage of the ...

Niti Aayog member Arvind Virmani claims absolute poverty is virtually eradicated in India, citing World Bank standards.

Share of those falling under the 'vulnerable' category has dropped to 15 per cent from over 50 per cent 12 years ago ...

Absolute poverty in India, measured by the $1.9 per day income norm, has been virtually eliminated, with only about 1 per ...

India has virtually eliminated absolute poverty based on World Bank standards, according to Arvind Virmani from Niti Aayog.

Absolute poverty measured by the World Bank’s yardsticks is “virtually eliminated” in India, and general policy action cannot be deployed to address the few people earning under USD 1.9 a day, a ...

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“Relative child poverty sits at 24%, six percentage points above the interim target. Absolute child poverty is seven percentage points over the interim target and persistent poverty is a massive ...