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PM Modi highlights sharp decline in India's poverty, cites World Bank report
Updated On: 01 November, 2026 11:41 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India's poverty reduction progress, sharing findings from the World Bank's October 2026 report. The report estimates that extreme poverty fell from 27.1 per cent in 2011 to 2.6 per cent in 2023, while around 496 million people moved out of poverty under the broader threshold

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PIC/PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday highlighted India's progress in poverty reduction, sharing a carousel of findings from the World Bank's latest report on poverty in the country.
He described the decline in extreme poverty as a significant achievement, attributing the progress to the government's commitment to poverty alleviation. Sharing the carousel on Instagram, PM Modi wrote, “A historic fall in poverty. A generational rise in opportunity.”


