Extreme poverty in India declined by 12.3 percentage points between 2011 and 2019, with rural areas doing better than urban centres, according to a working paper of the World Bank. The extreme poverty rate in India fell from 22.5% in 2011 to 10.2% in 2019.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) kicked off the 8th edition of the two-day National Level Pollution Response Exercise, 'NATPOLREX-VIII', off Mormugao harbour, Goa.