Re: happening in India
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Me exaggerating? where ? Its your own facts posted on your site! Period!
POOR india Pictures ](poor in india - Search Images )
**40% of the world’s poor live in India **_____________________
Over 40% of the population is illiterate **25% of the population, some 360 million people, live below the poverty line Forty million children do not attend primary school ****Only one-third of all children complete their mandatory 8 years of education We at P.O.O.R want to help give these people hope for a brighter tomorrow http://www.poor.org.in/h-site/index.html )
Poverty in India remains a major challenge despite overall reductions in the last several decades as its economy grows. According to an International Monetary Fund paper, extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as living on US$1.9 or less in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms, in India was as low as 0.8% in 2019, and the country managed to keep it at that level in 2020 despite the unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak.
According to the World Bank, India experienced a significant decline in th
The Planning Commission has estimated that 27.5% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2004–2005, down from 51.3% in 1977–1978, and 36% in 1993-1994[1]](Poverty in India - Wikipedia ).
From 51.3% to 27.5% in 30 years is a big achievemnt. So with the same growth in next 20-25 years poverty will be eliminated.
In September 2021, the government stated that 22% percent of its population lives below the national poverty line set at Rs. 3030 (US$10) per month.
Independent bodies supported estimates of a considerable fall in the statistic by the 2007-08 fiscal year, when it was estimated that 17.2% of the total population lived below the poverty line. The declining trend in poverty as seen in the country during the 1970s and 1980s was reversed in the 1990s by poor federal policies and rampant corruption....
As of 2006 , Pakistan’s Human Development Index is 0.539, higher than that of nearby Bangladesh (0.530), which was formerly a part of Pakistan, but lower than that of neighboring India (0.611).
according to the reports of the World Bank and UN Development Program reports.These reports contradict the claims made by the Government of Pakistan that the poverty rates are only 23.1%[4]](Poverty in Pakistan - Wikipedia ). The CIA factbook places the 2006 poverty rate at 24 percent
So you are proud that pakistan has 24% poverty???