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World Bank Poverty Estimates for India
The World Bank's Poverty and Equity Brief is a twice-yearly country note that estimates poverty against international lines. Its October 2026 edition for India puts extreme poverty at 2.6 percent in 2023, down from 27.1 percent in 2011.
Last updated 31 October 20263 min read
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New card on the World Bank's October 2026 India brief: the $3.00 and $4.20 lines, 2011 to 2023 rates, 496 million lifted, and why older figures do not match.
- World Bank
- Poverty and Equity Brief
- extreme poverty
- International Poverty Line
- purchasing power parity
- poverty in India
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