Extreme poverty in India falls to 2.6%, but top 10% earn 13 times more than bottom 10%
India’s extreme poverty rate fell sharply to 2.6% in 2023 from 27.1% in 2011with an estimated 496 million people moving above the lower-middle-income poverty line over the same period, according to the World Bank. However, despite the substantial reduction in poverty, the gap between the country’s highest-paid and lowest-paid workers remains wide, with the top…