Poverty and the disputed line


Planning Commission's views:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/usrmailcomment_v1.cms?msid=21460171&mailon_commented=1&usercommentid=17851439#toreply17851439

Online comments posted on July 30, 2013:

It is agonizing to watch people of Ahluvalia’s stature trying to justify status quo by tinkering statistics. Estimated proportion of the population below the international poverty line of PPP $2/day, 2010(%) according to a reliable source is given below:
India              68.7
Bangladesh   76.5
Nepal             57.3
Pakistan         60.2
Sri Lanka       29.1
China             29.8
Indonesia       46.1

Comparison with NDA’s period and the recent past may help UPA get some more votes. But unless there is a conscious effort to improve literacy, healthcare and other minimum needs of deprived people who still form the majority, India’s position in the international community will remain down below, despite higher growth rate which makes the rich and the powerful happy.

M G Warrier 

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