India Reduced Poverty By Record Levels While 45% Of Pak Population Remains Impoverished

In today's episode of India Global, According to the World Bank, India has brought a record number of people out of poverty......The picture is quite contrasting on the other side of the border as the latest projection on Pakistan says nearly 45 per cent of its population lives in poverty and 16.5 per cent lives in extreme poverty. In a significant feat under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has made key strides in the last decade in reducing its extreme poverty rate, which fell to 5.3 per cent in 2022-23 from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12, latest World Bank data has revealed. About 75.24 million people were living in extreme poverty in India during 2022-23, a massive drop from 344.47 million in 2011-12. NDTV's Vishal Vivek reports.