India's growth rate gives it an advantage in tackling poverty if the country maintains the current momentum, the new World Bank President Ajay Banga said in Delhi today. Mr Banga, the first India-origin head of the global anti-poverty lender, said the best way to tackle poverty for India is through economic growth and jobs. Responding to a question by NDTV on the recently released NITI Aayog report that said multidimensional poverty rate in India fell from 24.85 per cent in 2015-16 to 14.96 per cent in 2019-2021, Mr Banga said, "The best way to drive a nail in the coffin of poverty is growth."
