Kerala Declared India’s First Extreme Poverty-Free State 2025

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared Kerala the nation’s first extreme poverty-free state in 2025. The announcement underscores Kerala’s social development model and progress in inclusive growth. Authorities framed the milestone as a benchmark for poverty alleviation, welfare delivery, and targeting of vulnerable households, drawing national attention and likely informing other states’ strategies, monitoring, and policy design, implementation and outcomes ahead.