India Population Below Poverty Line 2024. India has almost eliminated extreme poverty, with only 2.2 per cent of its population living below the world bank's poverty line. World bank, poverty and inequality platform.

Niti aayog ceo bvr subrahmanyam has said india’s poverty level has fallen to just five per cent, signalling an improvement in the nation’s economic landscape. That this is grossly underestimates poverty can be gleaned from the following facts (more of it later):