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states and union territories of India India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

ranked according to poverty as of 2022 (2021-22) as hosted by

NITI Aayog The NITI Aayog (; abbreviation for National Institution for Transforming India) serves as the apex public policy think tank of the Government of India, and the nodal agency tasked with catalyzing economic development, and fostering cooperative ...

's Sustainable Development Goals dashboard; and

Reserve Bank of India The Reserve Bank of India, chiefly known as RBI, is India's central bank and regulatory body responsible for regulation of the Indian banking system. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is responsible for ...

's 'Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy'. The rank is calculated according to the percentage of people below poverty -line which is computed as per Tendulkar method on Mixed Reference Period (MRP).

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