Data Focus: Why there is a need for an official estimate of poverty in India

India’s extreme poverty rate fell dramatically to 5.3 per cent, down from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12, despite the World Bank raising its global poverty line to $3 per day. Government data last year showed 24.82 crore people had escaped multid https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/data-stories/data-focus/data-focus-why-there-is-a-need-for-an-official-estimate-of-poverty-in-india/article69679122.ece