GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PLANNING
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1641
TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025
INDIA AS LOWER MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY
1641. SHRI SUBBARAYAN K:
COM. SELVARAJ V:
Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the World Bank has categorised India as a Lower Middle Income
Country (LMIC) for the purpose of calculating the poverty and the...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1641 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025 INDIA AS LOWER MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY
1641. SHRI SUBBARAYAN K:
COM. SELVARAJ V:
Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the World Bank has categorised India as a Lower Middle Income Country (LMIC) for the purpose of calculating the poverty and the poverty line is Rs.
4.20 per day per person; and
(b) if so, the according to such categorization, the details of poverty rate and the number as in 2011-12 and 2022-23 in rural and urban in India, State-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
(a) The World Bank has recently revised the international poverty lines and set the threshold for lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) at $4.20 per day, based on 2021 Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs). India is currently classified as an LMIC.
(b) According to the report, India's poverty rates are as given below: % of population below poverty line 2017 PPP 2021 PPP Extreme Extreme LMIC poverty LMIC poverty Poverty poverty $2.15 per day $3.65 per day $3.00 per day $4.20 per day (2017 PPP) (2017 PPP) (2021 PPP) (2021 PPP) 2022-23 2.3% 28.1% 5.3% 23.9% 2011-12 16.2% 61.8% 27.1% 57.7% Page 1 of 2% of population below poverty line 2017 PPP Extreme Poverty $2.15 per day LMIC poverty $3.65 per day Year Rural Urban Total No. of Rural Urban Total No. of people people lifted out lifted out of of poverty poverty 2022-23 2.8 1.1 2.3 171 32.5 17.2 28.1 378 million 2011-12 million
18.4 10.7 16.2 69 43.5 61.8 The detailed documents are in public domain and can be accessed at
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099722104222534584/pdf/IDU-25f34333-d3a3- 44ae-8268-86830e3bc5a5.pdf
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