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No country with 28% poverty can claim to be ‘fourth most equal in the world’: Congress

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[ad_1] Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto No country that has a poverty rate of 28.1%, as India did in 2022 according to the World Bank, can make a “justifiable” claim to being one of the most equal societies in the world, the Congress said in a statement on Sunday (July 6, 2025). It […]

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Extreme poverty in India down to 5.3% in 2022-23: World Bank

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[ad_1] “India has lifted 171 million people from extreme poverty in the decade between 2011-12 and 2022-23,” the World Bank said. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto , India’s extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3% over a decade from 27.1% in 2011-12, even as the World Bank revised upwards its threshold poverty line to $3 […]

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