1/3rd of world's extreme poor are in India: UN report

[zip]

No actually Bangladesh has very few that live in extreme poverty.

Ya uber rich people are all over india..crossing border daily

 

[BanglaBhoot]

Indians can't face the truth and have to blame everyone else ....

 

[As is - where is]

No actually Bangladesh has very few that live in extreme poverty.

Lol? The UN's world bank says that the percentage of people living under $1.25 in India is 32.7% while the percentage for Bangladesh is 43.3%. So more people are under the poverty line in Bangladesh than in India.

 

[Zhukov]

Interesting 22.3% for Pakiatan. Good by South Asian Standard but Still very high though.
South Asians need to do away with there problems and focus more on social welfare. Look at East Asian Countries. No matter how much chest thumping we may make by showing stupid future forecasts, South Asia is desperately backward in terms of developement of general public

 

[JonAsad]

Most of the failed states are Muslims why?

Because there are alot of Muslim states in the world- definitely more than the 1 hindu state which is poor-

 

[pursuit of happiness]

One third of the extreme poor global population reside in India which has also recorded the highest number of under-five deaths in the world, the latest UN Millennium Development Goals report has said.

Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla, who released the report in New Delhi, said its findings present a challenge to the government under Narendra Modi and that they would be able to surmount it. "Good days will come," she said.

"We don't have to be proud of what we have done. Poverty is the biggest challenge... I am sure when the next report comes, we will have done much better," she said, stressing on Prime Minister's commitment to poverty elimination and "sabka saath sabka vikas (With all, development for all)".

Though the report's figures for various human development parameters are mostly specific to different regions of the world, it has made references to India none of which, she said, are "flattering.

Heptulla has had a long association with the UN programme and was closely involved with it during the previous NDA government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

According to the report, almost 60 per cent of the people who defecate in open reside in India, which has also accounted for 17 per cent of global maternal deaths.

China, which has made rapid strides in reducing poverty, follows India in housing the extreme poor global population and was home to 13 per cent of them in 2010, followed by Nigeria at 9 per cent and Bangladesh at 5 per cent, it said.

South Asia, of which India is the largest and most populous country, has fared worse than other Asian regions in most of the parameters.

The region has, however, done well in school enrolment.

Stressing the new government's commitment to improving human development index, Heptulla recalled the words of Mahatma Gandhi that validity of any action was the impact it had on the poorest of the poor and said this is also the "guiding principle" of Modi dispensation.

"Sadly, despite paying lip-service to Mahatma Gandhi we have been unable to fulfil his aspiration. And this is the challenge that our government has inherited and is committed to fulfilling," she said.

Modi has given highest priority to providing people adequate sanitation, drinking water, maternal and child care, particularly to the disadvantaged sections.

UN Resident Coordinator Lise Grande said India's role in global development is the most important in the world and the Millennium Development Goals can't be reached globally if they're not reached here.

In some good news for Southern Asia region, the greatest increase in youth literacy rates between 1990 and 2011 was observed here as it went from 60 to 80 per cent.

The literacy rate among young women is growing at a faster pace than that of young men here. The youth literacy rates are over 97 per cent for both Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia, the report said.


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One third of the extreme poor global population reside in India
or
One third of the extreme human potential waiting to get wings .......
its how we see it...
its better be poor by money (not desirable) but not poor by desire and action to chage it...
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Alcohol Kills ..men and bacteria tooo,
its how you use that ...
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[Tshering22]

Yeah that's why we are putting up a global development fund so that the useless UNO doesn't ruin any per country's life ever again.

UNO can cry itself to sleep for getting UNMOGIP kicked out of India.

 

[extra terrestrial]

Lol? The UN's world bank says that the percentage of people living under $1.25 in India is 32.7% while the percentage for Bangladesh is 43.3%. So more people are under the poverty line in Bangladesh than in India.

Population living on less than $2 per day:
Bangladesh: 26% source
India: 70% source

Don't count on national poverty lines since India uses a very low standard to measure poverty.

 

[DesiGuy]

education is the key...that will help reduce population..number one reason for poverty.

 

[sau07]

How many extreme poor people live in bangladesh ?multiply with six (as we have six time more population) then it gonna beat india hands down ..thats general logic barrister..

Also not to forget Millions of poor illegal Bangladeshies who have came to increase the number of poors.

 

[the just]

stop kidding yourself lungi

tons of illegal bd'eshis live here on welfare they really hate bd'esh that they are even ready to face BSF bullets

Welfare? That's a new one.though I couldn't find one solid link that provide a bit of this information from your government or any authentic sources.
Your government doesn't know how many Bangladeshi allegedly working in india.They didn't do any survey, don't have any data.
Who and how are they giving this money away?

Ignore him .He dont know more about ground situation.Yesterday Kerala Police arrested 7 BD's from Kozhikode with fake documents .They questioned and they give a reply that is directly opposite to OP's claim here.
They polevaulted ,sorry swimmed in to India across Patha river in our border .They did that because of the extreme poverty in their home.Thousands of other also illegely crossed like that.

Read,read,read.
Know thy self,at least try to know a little bit more of the subject before you open your mouth.
Its very easy,G O O G L E.Try it its a good way of finding truths. But you may not like them.

 

[illusion8]

UN MDG defines poverty in a strange way. It is not based on income, but based on schooling, life expectancy and other projected future data. Someone earning Rs.25,000 per month, but just primary school education would be considered poor.


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@Tshering22, @Roybot how true is this? - it surely goes with our 74% literacy rate figures.

 

[BanglaBhoot]

Lol? The UN's world bank says that the percentage of people living under $1.25 in India is 32.7% while the percentage for Bangladesh is 43.3%. So more people are under the poverty line in Bangladesh than in India.

You have a link?

 

[scorpionx]

You have a link?

Poverty & Equity Data | Bangladesh | The World Bank

Population living on less than $2 per day:
Bangladesh: 26% source
India: 70% source

Don't count on national poverty lines since India uses a very low standard to measure poverty.

Do you even read the links you quote?

The number of Bangladeshis living in poverty — defined as an income of less than $2 a day, or a diet of less than 2,100 calories daily — declined by 26% from 2000 to 2010,

 

[nair]

Indians can't face the truth and have to blame everyone else ....

You know why? Because we live in India and Should know better than outsiders..... And same goes with you guys too....You should be knowing what is happening in Bangladesh better than any of us....