**Executive Summary**
This document, a Ministry of Finance report from January 29, 2026, highlights India's progress in achieving inclusive growth and reducing poverty. It references findings from the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs. The report includes statistics on poverty reduction, social protection coverage, and government expenditure, referencing data up to FY 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Poverty Reduction:**
* India's poverty rate reduced to 5.3% in 2022-23, based on revised World Bank International Poverty Line (IPL).
* The poverty rate is estimated to decrease from 21.9% in 2011-12 to 2.3% in 2023-24.
* **Social Protection and Services:**
* Population covered by social protection systems increased from 22% in 2016 to 64.3% in 2025.
* Government's Social Services Expenditure (SSE) grew at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12% from FY22 to FY26.
* Expenditure on education grew at a CAGR of 11% from FY22 to FY26.
* Expenditure on health grew at a CAGR of 8% from FY22 to FY26.
* **Rural Development:**
* Multidimensional Poverty Index declined from 55.3% in 2005-06 to 11.28% in 2022-23.
* Population using improved drinking water sources in rural areas increased from 94.6% in 2015-16 to 99.6% in 2024-25.
* Viksit Bharat G RAM G Act 2025 enacted to align rural employment with the long-term vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.
* Universal household electrification was achieved in 2021-22.
* 100% of districts were declared open defecation free (ODF) in 2019-20, and over 96% of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) villages have achieved the ODF plus status as of December 31, 2025.
**Impact Analysis**
**Citizens**
* **Impact:** Improved access to basic necessities, social security, and reduced poverty.
* **Action Required:** None specified.
**Government**
* **Impact:** A need to continue and enhance policies supporting inclusive growth and social development.
* **Action Required:** Continue supporting policies related to income support, social protection, labor market regulation, and education.
**Rural Population**
* **Impact:** Improved access to drinking water and sanitation.
* **Action Required:** None specified.
Key Entities Referenced
Economic Survey: A report tabled in Parliament that examines the state of the economy and highlights key policies and their impacts, including those related to poverty reduction, social protection, and economic growth.
Ministry of Finance: The government ministry responsible for overseeing the country's finances, including policies related to inclusive growth, poverty reduction, and social services expenditure.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) National Indicator Framework (NIF) Progress Report: A report providing a comprehensive picture of the impact of initiatives towards achieving the SDG targets.
Viksit Bharat: A vision for India's long-term development; Act 2025 enacted to align rural employment with the long-term vision of Viksit Bharat 2047
Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM): A national initiative aimed at improving sanitation and cleanliness across the country; villages declared open defecation free (ODF) status.
Ministry of Finance
INCLUSIVE GROWTH BASED ON SPIRIT OF
‘SABKA SAATH, SABKA VIKAS, SABKA PRAYAS,
SABKA VISHWAS’ HAS YIELDED MEASURABLE
GAINS FOR INDIA
INDIA HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN REDUCING
NON-MONETARY POVERTY; INDIA’S POVERTY RATED
REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY TO 5.3% IN 2022-23
POPULATION COVERED BY SOCIAL PROTECTION
SYSTEMS HAS INCREASED FROM 22 PER CENT IN 2016 TO
64.3 PER CENT IN 2025.
GOVERNMENT’S SOCIAL SERVICES EXPENDITURE (SSE)
HAS KEPT PACE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL
SECTOR WITH A COMPOUND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE 12%
DURING FY 22 TO FY 26
प्रव तथ: 29 JAN 2026 1:56PM by PIB Delhi
Government has taken significant efforts to provide affordable housing, social and food security, financial
inclusion, universal access to basic amenities, and improving the overall well-being and standards of
living with spirit of ‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’. These efforts have yielded
significant measurable gains towards eradication of poverty and prevent inequality from rising, which has
been clearly underlined in the findings of the Economic Survey tabled in the Parliament today by the
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.
The Economic Survey underlines that the Policies such as income support, social protection, labour
market regulation, and education for all help the state in its endeavour to ensure the goals of upward social
mobility across generations and throughout an individual’s lifespan.
The aspirations of netizens and policy efforts are commonly assessed using benchmarks of poverty and
deprivation. One such metric is the World Bank’s (WB) International Poverty Line (IPL), which represents
the minimum amount of money a person needs per day to afford basic necessities such as food, clothing,
and shelter. In June 2025, the WB raised the poverty line from USD 2.15 to USD 3.00 a day, adjusted for
the purchasing power of money to 2021 prices.
The Economic Survey Highlights that, with the revised IPL, the poverty rates for India in 2022-23 are 5.3
per cent for extreme poverty and 23.9 per cent for lower-middle-income poverty. According to the WB,
India has made significant strides in reducing non-monetary poverty Alongside the WB poverty estimates,poverty estimates by researcers based on the Tendulkar committee poverty line also indicate a sharp and
broad-based decline in poverty in India. Between 2011-12 and 2023-24, sustained economic growth,
supported by redistributive interventions, is estimated to have reduced the poverty rate from 21.9 per cent
in 2011-12 to 4.7 per cent in 2022-23 and further to 2.3 per cent in 2023-24.The estimates indicate low
poverty incidence across states and in both rural nd urban areas.
The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) National Indicator Framework (NIF) Progress Report, 2025,
provides a comprehensive picture of the impact of these initiatives in achieving a transformative scale-up
towards achieving the SDG targets.
The population covered by social protection systems has increased from 22 per cent in 2016 to 64.3 per
cent in 2025, indicating a substantial expansion in social security coverage in the country. The population
using improved drinking water sources in rural areas has increased from 94.6 per cent in 2015-16 to 99.6
per cent in 2024-25. Universal household electrification was achieved in 2021-22, while 100 per cent of
the districts were declared open defecation free (ODF) in 2019-20, and over 96 per cent of Swachh Bharat
Mission (SBM) villages have achieved theODF plus status (As of 31 December 2025).The general government’s social services expenditure (SSE) has kept pace with the development of the
social sector. The general government’s SSE has shown a rising trend since FY22.During the five years
from FY22 to FY26 (BE), the SSE grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12 per cent.
Expenditure on education has grown at a CAGR of 11 per cent, whereas expenditure on health grew at a
CAGR of 8 per cent during the same period.
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