Poverty Line 2024 Uscis India. Interpretations of data paint exaggerated picture of prosperity. “at the world bank’s extreme poverty line of $1.90 per day, india appears to have nearly eradicated extreme poverty (with a national poverty rate of 2.2 per cent before adjusting for food and other subsidies),” noted economists bhalla and bhasin in their latest paper.

( the world bank) over a third of all people living in poverty in the world live in south asia, which amounts to roughly 389 million people. In india, the official poverty definition and numbers are estimated based on the consumption expenditure survey (ces) conducted by the national statistical office (nso).