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373 million
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473 million
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273 million
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173 million
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Detailed explanation-1: -Of the nearly 415 million people who exited poverty in India in the 15 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly 275 million did so between 2005/2006 and 2015/2016 and 140 million did so between 2015/2016 and 2019/2021. The country’s MPI value and incidence of poverty were both more than halved.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some 25.01 per cent of the population in India is multi-dimensionally poor, with a Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) score of 0.118, said the minister of state for health and family welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar, citing data released by NITI Aayog in 2021.
Detailed explanation-3: -UNDP report says 415 million people lifted out of poverty in India: Centre.
Detailed explanation-4: -In India, poverty at $1.25 a day in 2005 prices increased from 420 million people in 1981 to 455 million in 2005, while the poverty rate as a share of the total population went from 60% in 1981 to 42% in 2005.
