Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that reforms in the taxation system improved government tax collections and this helped in reducing poverty during the past 10 years of his governance. PM Modi was citing a recent NITI Aayog report which states that 24.8 crore people have been lifted out of poverty in the nine years leading up to 2022-23. In this episode of News Today, experts debate with Rajdeep Sardesai on how these numbers add up and whether the Modi government has performed better than the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government in reducing poverty in the country.