The poverty line is now set at INR 1,632 for rural areas and INR 1,944 for urban areas, significantly higher than the INR 816 ...

Rural poverty has dropped sharply to 4.86% in the fiscal year ending March 2024, down from 25.7% in 2011-12, primarily due to ...

India's rural poverty ratio has declined to 4.86 per cent in FY 2023-24, a significant reduction from 25.7 per cent in ...

India's poverty rates dropped significantly below 5% in 2024, as revealed by the State Bank of India's study. Both rural and ...

The sample proportion for poverty in rural areas was 4.86 per cent in the financial year ended March 2024, which is ...

As the poverty rates in the country declined below 5 per cent in 2024 a research study by State Bank of India SBI also ...

Rural poverty in India declined to under 5% in 2023-24, surpassing urban areas, thanks to higher consumption growth among the ...

The report also highlighted significant improvements in rural and urban poverty levels over the years, supported by data from ...

The HCES 2023-24 data showed that urban-rural gap in MPCE has declined to 70% in 2023-24 from 84% in 2011-12. In 2022-23, the ...

In the 2023-24 financial year, India’s rural poverty declined to 4.86 per cent from 7.2 per cent the year ago. Meanwhile, in ...

Rural poverty in India has witnessed a sharp decline, dropping below 5% for the first time in FY 2023-24. The finding comes ...

Urban poverty also saw a decline, though at a slower pace, dropping to 4.09 per cent in FY24 from 4.6 per cent the previous ...