As of August 2020, 25 percent of Indian households in the fourth quantile, the highest quintile of pre-COVID-19 consumption, had to live below the poverty line after the pandemic. Meanwhile, the share of households in the second quintile soared from 32 percent to 60 percent in August 2020 within the span of only one year.
Distribution of households living below poverty line in India as of August 2019 and August 2020, by quintile
The source states: "Quintiles are based on 2019 mean per capita consumption levels for each region type. Consumption levels are calculated by dividing household adjusted total expenditure by household size and weighted using member level country weights. Adjusted total expenditure is the sum total of all consumption goods and services purchased by the household during a month, adjusted using weekly records. Real values are adjusted for inflation using the MOSPI CPI (IW) for urban workers and CPI (AL) for rural workers (Base 2012=100). All figures are in December 2019 values and observations with missing regions are dropped."
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