Niranjan Rajadhyaksha: the World Bank's poverty data should prompt India to raise its poverty benchmark
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The reduction in extreme poverty is a remarkable achievement, but it's time for India raised its benchmark in line with its middle income status. It is no longer a poor country, and that demands a different approach to its poverty challenge.
Niranjan Rajadhyaksha
Niranjan Rajadhyaksha is the executive director of Artha Global (India), a public policy consulting firm. He has previously been the rese...