Pakistanis are so jealous of our progress that sometimes I fear that they might suddenly launch a Nuclear missile at us without any reason!!And on top of that these articles feed them with the much needed hate and delusional material as if their current perception against India is not sufficient
Statistics on Poverty in India
Content
1. World Bank numbers
2. Indian government numbers
3. Inequality
1. World Bank numbers
The World Bank, which defines poverty as survival on less than $1.25 per day, says India reduced poverty from 60% of the population to 42% between 1981 and 2005.
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An impressive improvement, although not as impressive as China’s. Also, India still accounts for one-third of the world’s 1.4 billion poor people:
2. Indian government numbers
The government of India uses a method to measure poverty that is different from the World Bank measurement: given that an average adult male has to eat food representing approximately 2000-2500 calories per day in order to sustain the human body, how much would it cost to buy these calories? Those who have an income that is lower than this cost, are considered poor.
Actually, the Indian government uses the thresholds of 2,400 calories a day in rural areas and 2,100 in urban areas. (City dwellers are thought to exert less energy, so they should need to consume less. See here ).
This translates into an official poverty line set at 26 rupees (around $0.53) per person per day in rural areas and 32 rupees in urban areas (reflecting the different cost of food in cities). This calorie based measure was developed in the early 1970s. Subsequently, the poverty line has simply been updated using consumer price indices. The official line delivers a current poverty rate of around 32% of the population, as opposed to the 42% according to the World Bank.
