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Various poverty lines and resulting percentage of BPL population Method Line Figure % of poor population Poor population World Bank (2021) poverty line 1.90 (PPP $ day) 6 84m [7] lower middle-income line 3.20 (PPP $ day) 26.2 365m [7] upper middle-income line 5.50 (PPP $ day) 60.1 838m [7] Asian Development Bank (2014) poverty line
The standard of living in India varies from state to state. In 2021, extreme poverty was reduced to 0.8% [1] and India is no longer the nation with the largest population living in poverty. [2] There is significant income inequality within India, as it is simultaneously home to some of the world's richest people. [3]
In its annual report of 2012, the Reserve Bank of India named the state of Goa as having the least poverty of 5.09% while the national average stood at 21.92% [7] The table below presents the poverty statistics for rural, urban and combined percentage below poverty line (BPL) for each State or Union Territory. [7]
Each nation has its own threshold for absolute poverty line; in the United States, for example, the absolute poverty line was US$15.15 per day in 2010 (US$22,000 per year for a family of four), [22] while in India it was US$1.0 per day [23] and in China the absolute poverty line was US$0.55 per day, each on PPP basis in 2010. [24]
As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions." [11] "National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates ...
English: The map shows regional poverty rate distribution in India, by its states and UTs. The rate is headcount percentage published by Reserve Bank of India, based on MRP consumption data. Data Source: Table 162, Number and percentage of population below poverty line, Reserve Bank of India (2013)
The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Government of India that provides financial assistance to the elderly, widows and persons with disabilities in the form of social pensions. The NSAP scheme only includes Below Poverty Line individuals as beneficiaries.
Income inequality in India refers to the unequal distribution of wealth and income among its citizens. According to the CIA World Factbook , the Gini coefficient of India, which is a measure of income distribution inequality, was 35.2 in 2011, ranking 95th out of 157. [ 2 ]