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India Just Got Out of One Poverty, and Got into Another

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Why extreme poverty in India has almost ended, but 58% of Indians still rely on daily free food?

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Reference Links

World Bank’s Poverty & Equity brief for India, April 2025
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/national-poverty-line-vs-gdp-per-capita
https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/Country-Profiles/MPI2024/IND.pdf