India's extreme poverty rate dropped sharply to 5.3% due to free, subsidised food transfers: World Bank data shows | Mint

New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) India's extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3 per cent over a decade from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 even as the World Bank revised upwards its threshold poverty line to USD 3 per day.
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