Beyond the debate, govt. accepts 65% Indians are poor - The Hindu
Beyond the debate, govt. accepts 65% Indians are poor - The Hindu
India 68.7Bangladesh 76.5Nepal 57.3Pakistan 60.2Sri Lanka 29.1China 29.8Indonesia 46.1Thailand 4.6
(Source: As quoted in the book "An Uncertain Glory")
M G WARRIER
NSS data for 1983 and 2004-5 showed that during the period the number of poor people as percentage to total population declined from 45 per cent to 28 per cent based on the poverty line applicable at that time. One economist estimated that, if the poverty line were to be doubled(though still to quite low a cut-off point), the corresponding figures would be 86 per cent in 1983 and 80 per cent in 2004-5. This goes well with the following comparative position of poverty estimates:
Estimated proportion of the population below the international poverty line of PPP $2/day, 2010(%):
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