PM Narendra Modi celebrated the rise in rural consumption and the drop in poverty levels, highlighting the recent household consumption expenditure survey and SBI study. The rural poverty rate decreased significantly from 26% in 2011-12 to less than 5% in 2023-24. Modi emphasized the importance of empowering rural India for a developed nation.
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