A total of 2.45 crore vulnerable non-poor people or 14.7 per cent of the country’s total population have slipped into poverty due to the fallout of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a survey report. Extreme poverty rate has increased, savings have dwindled while debt has almost doubled across all groups, said the survey titled ‘poverty dynamics and household realities’.
A total of 2.45 crore vulnerable non-poor people or 14.7 per cent of the country’s total population have slipped into poverty due to the fallout of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a survey report. Extreme poverty rate has increased, savings have dwindled while debt has almost doubled across all groups, said the survey titled ‘poverty dynamics and household realities’.
