POVERTY LEVEL OF INDIA - A COMPARISON BETWEEN INDIAN REPORT AND UNDP REPORT

According to the estimate of Ojha 190 million (44%) people of India were below poverty line in 1961.

While the extreme poverty line in our country went from 60% in 1981 to 33% in 2010.

People below poverty line in India in 1999-2000 came to 26%.

Poverty line recorded in India in 2021 was 11.9%.

India's poverty line declined to 4.5%-5% in 2022-23 with rural poverty declining to 7.2% and urban poverty down to 4.6%.

By 2024 the poverty level is found to have come down to 2.4%.

(The above informations are gathered from various websources. In case the readers want total accuracy in the above reports, they are requested to approach the related government sources)

Further to the above information, here it is submitted - National Multidimensional Poverty Index, A Progress Review 2023 of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

According to the report, 135 million people escaped multidimensional poverty between 2015-16.and 2019-2021

 The country registered a significant decline of 9.89 percentage points in India's multidimensionally poor from 24.85% in 2015-16 to 14.96% in 2019-2021. The rural areas witnessed the fastest decline in poverty from 32.59% to 19.28%.

(Note: The above portion is quoted from the UNDP report as shown above.)

K V George