https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/Country-Profiles/MPI/IND.pdf

Each of the three countries ravaged by colonialism in South Asia have virtually similar issues on this

They're all recovering economies. As manufacturing grows, these things will change.

That said the 60% is a shit take. All 3 are still heavily agrarian societies, so the dollar poverty line is misleading which CNN blatantly bypasses. PPP is also a thing.

$3.10 in India is worth close to 10 times more on PPP. - https://data.oecd.org/conversion/purchasing-power-parities-ppp.htm#:~:text=Purchasing%20power%20parities%20(PPPs)%20are,in%20price%20levels%20between%20countries.

Mostly African and Middle East Oil traditionally.

Nah, India has had a huge refining sector for a while.

Similar to Singapore South Korea and Japan with their refineries.

A lot of the African/Middle East Oil is refined in India i believe as Africa can't afford to build that infrastructure and ME has more oil than refinery capacity

India has a 70% literacy rate among females.

Still could do better, but the least you could do as an "enlightened person" is to keep to the facts...

Fact is most countries go through that transition. Rural India still lags, but much like China transitioned, so will India as it urbanises.

Edit: Also India's population below the poverty line is around ~20%, not most people..