Thiruvananthapuram: The state government of Kerala announced on Saturday that it has entirely eliminated extreme poverty, making it the first Indian state to claim such a milestone.

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Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, formally declared in a special legislative assembly session on November 1 — coinciding with the state’s formation day — that Kerala has eradicated extreme poverty.

The government said that under the “Extreme Poverty Alleviation Project”, launched in 2021, 64,006 families — comprised of 103,099 individuals — were identified as being “extremely poor” through ground-level surveys using indicators such as housing, food security, health, and livelihood.

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