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Knowledge Nugget: World Bank’s raised poverty line and India — Must-know for UPSC Exam

Knowledge Nugget: World Bank’s revised poverty line and India — A must-know for UPSC Exam

July 03, 2025 12:41 pm

Recently, the World Bank came out with an update on the methodology and level of its poverty line. What does this update say about poverty in India? What is the poverty line? Here's what you need to know. Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget' to know about the Global and National Multidimensional Poverty Index.

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ExplainSpeaking: The truth about poverty in India

June 27, 2025 2:05 pm

Bizarre as it may seem, especially for a country with so many people at low levels of income and consumption, as well as a country with an enviable record of studying poverty, India’s poverty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Here is why.

At World Bank’s raised poverty line of $3 a day, extreme poverty rate falls to 5.3% in 2022-23 from 27.1% in 2011-12

June 07, 2025 6:37 am

Poverty rates for 2023-24 will be released in October under its Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP).

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Not NDA vs UPA: The numbers behind the poverty debate

June 01, 2024 9:55 am

It would be rash to pronounce greater poverty reduction during the UPA period than the NDA since the time points of the available data do not coincide with their periods of governance

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Multidimensional poverty: meaning, numbers

February 04, 2024 12:43 pm

25 cr Indians have been raised from poverty since 2013-14, says Govt. MPI uses indicators covering three main areas: health, education, and standard of living.

‘New estimates are more realistic’

July 08, 2014 1:21 am

Terming the new poverty estimates as more reasonable, C Rangarajan, former PMEAC chairman, said it is based on a partially different methodology.

Poverty count: Chhattisgarh worst off; Orissa and MP follow

July 08, 2014 10:42 am

Goa, with just 6.3% of its population under the poverty line, tops the list: Panel.

A line that defines the poor

August 04, 2013 2:26 am

Recently,Indias Planning Commission came out with figures that said poverty in India has declined by nearly three times since 2004-5 compared to the 11 years before that. But how poor should a person be to be called poor? Poverty may be easy to spot but hard to calculate and hence the need for a poverty line.