India lifted nearly 500 million out of poverty since 2011, but millions still live one shock from destitution
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A World Bank report says India lifted nearly 500 million people out of poverty between 2011 and 2023, with extreme poverty falling from 27.1% to 2.6%. India has not published an official consumption-based poverty estimate in more than a decade. Families such as Hema Prajapat’s, spending 11,000 rupees ($117) a month, sit above the Bank’s roughly 7,380-rupee line yet still face hunger and debt.
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