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How India pulled 500 million people out of poverty as inequality deepens
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India's extreme poverty declined from 27.1 percent to 2.6 percent between 2011 and 2023, according to the World Bank.
India's extreme poverty declined from 27.1 percent to 2.6 percent between 2011 and 2023, according to the World Bank.
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