 In 2019, the Indian government stated that 6.7% of its population is below its official poverty limit.Based on 2019's PPPs International Comparison Program, According to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) programme,88 million people out of 1.2 billion Indians, roughly equal to 6.7% of India's population, lived below the poverty line of $1.25 in 2018-19.From the late 19th century through the early 20th century, under British colonial rule, poverty in India intensified, peaking in the 1920s.