{"id":173092,"date":"2025-06-11T13:34:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=173092"},"modified":"2025-06-11T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:04:25","slug":"indias-battle-against-poverty-171-million-lifted-from-extreme-poverty-in-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/indias-battle-against-poverty-171-million-lifted-from-extreme-poverty-in-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Battle Against Poverty: 171 Million Lifted from Extreme Poverty in a Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India has achieved a major milestone by lifting 171 million people out of extreme poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, as per the World Bank\u2019s Spring 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief. Extreme poverty dropped sharply from 16.2% to 2.3%, with notable declines in both rural (18.4% to 2.8%) and urban (10.7% to 1.1%) areas, driven largely by states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh.<br>Lower-middle-income poverty fell from 61.8% to 28.1%, lifting 378 million people, while multidimensional poverty (MPI) declined to 15.5% in 2022-23, reflecting broad improvements in education, health, and living standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sharp Reduction in Extreme Poverty<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The percentage of people living in extreme poverty (defined as living on less than $2.15 per day) dropped from 16.2% in 2011-12 to 2.3% in 2022-23.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This sharp decline has resulted in 171 million people being lifted from extreme poverty over the past decade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rural and Urban Areas<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rural Areas:<\/strong>\u00a0Extreme poverty fell from 18.4% in 2011-12 to 2.8% in 2022-23.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Urban Areas:<\/strong>\u00a0Extreme poverty reduced from 10.7% to 1.1% during the same period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The gap between rural and urban poverty has narrowed from 7.7 percentage points to 1.7 percentage points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poverty at Lower-Middle-Income Level<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The poverty rate at the $3.65 per day level (lower-middle-income) dropped from 61.8% in 2011-12 to 28.1% in 2022-23, lifting 378 million people out of poverty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rural poverty at this level declined from 69% to 32.5%, while urban poverty fell from 43.5% to 17.2%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The gap between rural and urban poverty narrowed from 25 to 15 percentage points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has achieved a major milestone by lifting 171 million people out of extreme poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, as per the World Bank\u2019s Spring 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief. 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