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&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Officially, there has been no update to India&amp;rsquo;s poverty estimates since 2011, when there were about&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=97365&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;269 million&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;poor people in India (21.9% of the population), which was equivalent to 2.5 times the population of Bihar at that time. These estimates are based on data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys, typically carried out every five years. But India is missing two rounds of data.&lt;/p&gt;

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                <p>IndiaSpend</p><p>There are at least five estimates of the number of poor people in India, which put the number of poor in India between 34 million--equivalent to the population of&nbsp;<a href="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables" title="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables">Kerala</a>--to 373 million--more than four times the population of&nbsp;<a href="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables" title="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables">West Bengal</a>. This puts the number of the poor between 2.5% of the population to 29.5%, based on different estimates between 2014 and 2022.</p><p dir="ltr">Economists have arrived at these estimates through various means, including projections of past data to private sources.&nbsp;<a href="https://pib.gov.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=108291" title="https://pib.gov.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=108291">One estimate</a>&nbsp;is based on an entirely different threshold for poverty, while&nbsp;<a href="https://mcusercontent.com/4b19435ffd6684701d5a2d1ca/files/422ba5f1-aac2-5a67-03de-b301722ab42a/Arvind_Poverty_and_Inequality_Paper.pdf" title="https://mcusercontent.com/4b19435ffd6684701d5a2d1ca/files/422ba5f1-aac2-5a67-03de-b301722ab42a/Arvind_Poverty_and_Inequality_Paper.pdf">another</a>&nbsp;uses unemployment data.</p><p dir="ltr">Officially, there has been no update to India&rsquo;s poverty estimates since 2011, when there were about&nbsp;<a href="https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=97365" title="https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=97365">269 million</a>&nbsp;poor people in India (21.9% of the population), which was equivalent to 2.5 times the population of Bihar at that time. These estimates are based on data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys, typically carried out every five years. But India is missing two rounds of data.</p><p dir="ltr">Poverty numbers are important for gauging the economic progress of a country, and the government also needs these numbers to estimate the number of beneficiaries of schemes, such as the&nbsp;<a href="https://nfsa.gov.in/portal/PDS_page#:~:text=The%20Public%20Distribution%20System%20(PDS,food%20economy%20in%20the%20country." title="https://nfsa.gov.in/portal/PDS_page#:~:text=The%20Public%20Distribution%20System%20(PDS,food%20economy%20in%20the%20country.">Public Distribution System</a>&nbsp;for food, meant for poverty alleviation.</p><p dir="ltr">Please click here to <a href="https://www.indiaspend.com/poverty/34-million-or-373-million-do-we-know-how-many-in-india-are-poor-861467" title="https://www.indiaspend.com/poverty/34-million-or-373-million-do-we-know-how-many-in-india-are-poor-861467">read more</a></p>               </font>
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                <p>IndiaSpend</p><p>There are at least five estimates of the number of poor people in India, which put the number of poor in India between 34 million--equivalent to the population of&nbsp;<a href="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables" title="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables">Kerala</a>--to 373 million--more than four times the population of&nbsp;<a href="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables" title="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables">West Bengal</a>. This puts the number of the poor between 2.5% of the population to 29.5%, based on different estimates between 2014 and 2022.</p><p dir="ltr">Economists have arrived at these estimates through various means, including projections of past data to private sources.&nbsp;<a href="https://pib.gov.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=108291" title="https://pib.gov.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=108291">One estimate</a>&nbsp;is based on an entirely different threshold for poverty, while&nbsp;<a href="https://mcusercontent.com/4b19435ffd6684701d5a2d1ca/files/422ba5f1-aac2-5a67-03de-b301722ab42a/Arvind_Poverty_and_Inequality_Paper.pdf" title="https://mcusercontent.com/4b19435ffd6684701d5a2d1ca/files/422ba5f1-aac2-5a67-03de-b301722ab42a/Arvind_Poverty_and_Inequality_Paper.pdf">another</a>&nbsp;uses unemployment data.</p><p dir="ltr">Officially, there has been no update to India&rsquo;s poverty estimates since 2011, when there were about&nbsp;<a href="https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=97365" title="https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=97365">269 million</a>&nbsp;poor people in India (21.9% of the population), which was equivalent to 2.5 times the population of Bihar at that time. These estimates are based on data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys, typically carried out every five years. But India is missing two rounds of data.</p><p dir="ltr">Poverty numbers are important for gauging the economic progress of a country, and the government also needs these numbers to estimate the number of beneficiaries of schemes, such as the&nbsp;<a href="https://nfsa.gov.in/portal/PDS_page#:~:text=The%20Public%20Distribution%20System%20(PDS,food%20economy%20in%20the%20country." title="https://nfsa.gov.in/portal/PDS_page#:~:text=The%20Public%20Distribution%20System%20(PDS,food%20economy%20in%20the%20country.">Public Distribution System</a>&nbsp;for food, meant for poverty alleviation.</p><p dir="ltr">Please click here to <a href="https://www.indiaspend.com/poverty/34-million-or-373-million-do-we-know-how-many-in-india-are-poor-861467" title="https://www.indiaspend.com/poverty/34-million-or-373-million-do-we-know-how-many-in-india-are-poor-861467">read more</a></p>               </font>
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<p>There are at least five estimates of the number of poor people in India, which put the number of poor in India between 34 million--equivalent to the population of&nbsp;<a href="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables"><u>Kerala</u></a>--to 373 million--more than four times the population of&nbsp;<a href="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables"><u>West Bengal</u></a>. This puts the number of the poor between 2.5% of the population to 29.5%, based on different estimates between 2014 and 2022.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Economists have arrived at these estimates through various means, including projections of past data to private sources.&nbsp;<a href="https://pib.gov.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=108291"><u>One estimate</u></a>&nbsp;is based on an entirely different threshold for poverty, while&nbsp;<a href="https://mcusercontent.com/4b19435ffd6684701d5a2d1ca/files/422ba5f1-aac2-5a67-03de-b301722ab42a/Arvind_Poverty_and_Inequality_Paper.pdf"><u>another</u></a>&nbsp;uses unemployment data.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Officially, there has been no update to India&rsquo;s poverty estimates since 2011, when there were about&nbsp;<a href="https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=97365"><u>269 million</u></a>&nbsp;poor people in India (21.9% of the population), which was equivalent to 2.5 times the population of Bihar at that time. These estimates are based on data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys, typically carried out every five years. But India is missing two rounds of data.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Poverty numbers are important for gauging the economic progress of a country, and the government also needs these numbers to estimate the number of beneficiaries of schemes, such as the&nbsp;<a href="https://nfsa.gov.in/portal/PDS_page#:~:text=The%20Public%20Distribution%20System%20(PDS,food%20economy%20in%20the%20country."><u>Public Distribution System</u></a>&nbsp;for food, meant for poverty alleviation.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Please click here to <a href="https://www.indiaspend.com/poverty/34-million-or-373-million-do-we-know-how-many-in-india-are-poor-861467">read more</a></p>
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<p>There are at least five estimates of the number of poor people in India, which put the number of poor in India between 34 million--equivalent to the population of&nbsp;<a href="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables"><u>Kerala</u></a>--to 373 million--more than four times the population of&nbsp;<a href="https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables"><u>West Bengal</u></a>. This puts the number of the poor between 2.5% of the population to 29.5%, based on different estimates between 2014 and 2022.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Economists have arrived at these estimates through various means, including projections of past data to private sources.&nbsp;<a href="https://pib.gov.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=108291"><u>One estimate</u></a>&nbsp;is based on an entirely different threshold for poverty, while&nbsp;<a href="https://mcusercontent.com/4b19435ffd6684701d5a2d1ca/files/422ba5f1-aac2-5a67-03de-b301722ab42a/Arvind_Poverty_and_Inequality_Paper.pdf"><u>another</u></a>&nbsp;uses unemployment data.</p>

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<p dir="ltr">Please click here to <a href="https://www.indiaspend.com/poverty/34-million-or-373-million-do-we-know-how-many-in-india-are-poor-861467">read more</a></p>
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34 Million or 373 Million: Do We Know How Many In India Are Poor? - Nushaiba Iqbal

IndiaSpend There are at least five estimates of the number of poor people in India, which put the number of poor in India between 34 million--equivalent to the population of Kerala--to 373 million--more than four times the population of West Bengal. This puts the number of the poor between 2.5% of the population to 29.5%, based on different estimates between 2014 and 2022. Economists have arrived at these estimates through various means, including projections of past data to private sources. One estimate is based on an entirely different threshold for poverty, while another uses unemployment data. Officially, there has been no update to India’s poverty estimates since 2011, when there were about 269 million poor people in India (21.9% of the population), which was equivalent to 2.5 times the population of Bihar at that time. These estimates are based on data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys, typically carried out every five years. But India is missing two rounds of data. Poverty numbers are important for gauging the economic progress of a country, and the government also needs these numbers to estimate the number of beneficiaries of schemes, such as the Public Distribution System for food, meant for poverty alleviation. Please click here to read more