India?s poverty figures fluctuate wildly, anywhere from 300 million people to 800 million people, depending on whom you ask.
India?s Planning Commission says the number of poor people has dropped by 51 million ? more than the entire population of Spain or Argentina ? in the past five years. This, officials say, is the sharpest drop in poverty rate in India ? from 406 million to 356 million, out of 1.2 billion Indians ? since the country introduced an ambitious economic reforms program in 1991 that brought unprecedented economic growth and wealth. Poverty in rural India declined at an even faster pace, the report said.
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