India’s First ‘Extreme Poverty-Free’ State
- On 1st November 2025, CM Pinarayi Vijayan officially declared Kerala as free from extreme poverty.
- As per NITI Aayog (2021), Kerala has India’s lowest poverty rate (0.7%).
- Achievement attributed to the Extreme Poverty Eradication Project (EPEP) launched in 2021.
- Kerala becomes:
- India’s first state to eliminate extreme poverty
- The second region in the world (after China) to achieve 100% eradication of extreme poverty.
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