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China and India Uplift Millions from Slums as U.S. Inequality Grows (One World, Many Peaces)

China and India Uplift Millions from Slums as U.S. Inequality Grows

China Slums and India Slums Get SmallerThink it's impossible to lift millions of people out of desperate poverty in a matter of years? Think again. India and China have together uplifted at least 125 million people from slums since 2000, and have improved the lives of slum dwellers more than any other countries, according to a new U.N. report. Meanwhile, the U.S. is quickly securing the distinction of being the most unequal country on earth.

India has lifted 59.7 million people out of slum conditions since 2000, where slum prevalence fell from 41.5 per cent in 1990 to 28.1 per cent in 2010, according the State of the World’s Cities report. China's urban population living in slums fell from 37.3 per cent in 2000 to some 28 per cent in 2010, a relative decrease of 25 per cent.
China has made the greatest progress on this front with improvements to the daily living conditions of 65.3 million urban residents. Overall, 227 million people worldwide have moved out of slum conditions since 2000. This didn't happen accidentally, of course, but is the result of superb planning and even more notable execution on the parts of the Indian and Chinese governments.

The report outlines four major steps to uplifting people out of slums. First is to build the skills of the urban poor and encourage them starting micro-businesses of their own choosing, funded by micro-credit. Second is to improve the provision of basic services from nutrition and sanitation within slum settlements. Third is to provide land tenure security to poor families living in unauthorized settlements, improving their access to low-cost housing and subsidized housing finance. These steps correspond exactly to the first level of the Pyramid of Peace in Antony Adolf's Peace: A World History.

The US has emerged as one of the most unequal societies with cities like New York, Chicago and Washington less equal than places like Brazzaville in Congo-Brazzaville, Managua in Nicaragua and Davao City in the Phillippines. Overall, however, the U.N. report warns that the number of people living in slums has risen from 777 million in 2000 to 830 million in 2010, and unless urgent steps similar to those taken by India and China are taken that number could rise to 900 million by 2020.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India now has 100 million more people living below the poverty line than in 2004, according to official estimates released on Sunday.

The poverty rate has risen to 37.2 percent of the population from 27.5 percent in 2004, a change that will require the Congress-ruled government to spend more money on the poor.

The new estimate comes weeks after Sonia Gandhi, head of the Congress party, asked the government to revise a Food Security Bill to include more women, children and destitutes.

"The Planning Commission has accepted the report on poverty figures," Abhijit Sen, a member of the Planning Commission told Reuters, referring to the new poverty estimate report submitted by a government panel last December.

India now has 410 million people living below the U.N. estimated poverty line of $1.25 a day, 100 million more than was estimated earlier, officials said.

India calculates how much of its population is living below the poverty line by checking whether families can afford one square meal a day that meets minimum nutrition needs.

It was not immediately clear how much more the federal government would have to spend on the poor, as that would depend on the Food Security Bill when it is presented to the government after the necessary changes, officials say.

India's Planning Commission will meet the food and expenditure secretaries next week to estimate the cost aspects of the bill, government officials said.

A third of the world's poor are believed to be in India, living on less than $2 per day, worse than in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, experts say.

100 million more Indians now living in poverty | Top News | Reuters
 
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India now has 100 million more people living below the poverty line than in 2004, according to official estimates released on Sunday.

The poverty rate has risen to 37.2 percent of the population from 27.5 percent in 2004, a change that will require the Congress-ruled government to spend more money on the poor.

The new estimate comes weeks after Sonia Gandhi, head of the Congress party, asked the government to revise a Food Security Bill to include more women, children and destitutes.

"The Planning Commission has accepted the report on poverty figures," Abhijit Sen, a member of the Planning Commission told Reuters, referring to the new poverty estimate report submitted by a government panel last December.

India now has 410 million people living below the U.N. estimated poverty line of $1.25 a day, 100 million more than was estimated earlier, officials said.

India calculates how much of its population is living below the poverty line by checking whether families can afford one square meal a day that meets minimum nutrition needs.

It was not immediately clear how much more the federal government would have to spend on the poor, as that would depend on the Food Security Bill when it is presented to the government after the necessary changes, officials say.

India's Planning Commission will meet the food and expenditure secretaries next week to estimate the cost aspects of the bill, government officials said.

A third of the world's poor are believed to be in India, living on less than $2 per day, worse than in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, experts say.

100 million more Indians now living in poverty | Top News | Reuters

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BPL in Indian parlance is no the same as UN or World Bank. India's BPL is below a pitiful 30 cents a day, while UN and World Bank defin it as under $1.25 a day.

And your data is ten years old even for Indian BPL.
 
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So you are responding to this week's data by presenting data from ten years ago? How's that relvant?

I am showing you the quarter century TREND

cannot you see sharp downward slope in the graph ....

do you know what does that downward slope represent ??
 
I am showing you the quarter century TREND

cannot you see sharp downward slope in the graph ....

do you know what does that downward slope represent ??

This is a feel good curve based on 30 cents a day that is irrelevant...given the sharp food price rises for the poor who spend over 55% of their income on food in India.
 
This is a feel good curve based on 30 cents a day that is irrelevant...given the sharp food price rises for the poor who spend over 55% of their income on food in India.
even i know economics so u cannot fool me....
The food & other stuff are cheap in India as compared to USA or other country.....if you spent $1.25 in india you can buy much more things as compared to USA or others...
so by spending less in india you can buy more.....
30 cents a day(nominal) in india means $1.25 a day(PPP)


so 1.25$ a day(PPP) in nominal terms means Rs. 21.6 a day in urban areas and Rs 14.3 in rural areas..
 
even i know economics so u cannot fool me....
The food & other stuff are cheap in India as compared to USA or other country.....if you spent $1.25 in india you can buy much more things as compared to USA or others...
so by spending less in india you can buy more.....
30 cents a day(nominal) in india means $1.25 a day(PPP)


so 1.25$ a day(PPP) in nominal terms means Rs. 21.6 a day in urban areas and Rs 14.3 in rural areas..

Now you are making up stuff...$1.25 is not PPP dollars. If it were, it would be starvation level even in the third world countries like India and Pakistan where there is double digit food inflation.
 
Now you are making up stuff...$1.25 is not PPP dollars. If it were, it would be starvation level even in the third world countries like India and Pakistan where there is double digit food inflation.

The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate standard of living in a given country. The common international poverty line has been roughly $1 a day, or more precisely $1.25 at 2005 purchasing-power parity (PPP). World Bank has done extensive work in this field.
 
Greek Bonds Approach Pakistan Levels on Debt Concern (Update2)

Greek Bonds Approach Pakistan Levels on Debt Concern (Update2) - BusinessWeek

April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Greece’s deficit crisis is pushing its bond yields closer to those of Pakistan, a junk-rated nation that is battling the Taliban

Pakistan is comparison benchmark for junk. Please exclude India from the Junk while discussing about growth and progress.
 
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What have we learned. About India v pakistan in 2010.

Here in the west the Europeans / Americans describe india has a huge emerging market and long term major Economy far larger than European giants like UK FRANCE & GERMANY.

Wat have we learned about india & Pakistan ???????
 
Pakistan's water quality is not good, but it is significantly better than in India.

On page 288 of his book "Water management in India" the author P. C. Bansil quotes a UN study that says India ranks a poor 120 on a list of 122 countries in water quality.

India's neighbors Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan rank much better at 40, 64, 78 and 80 respectively.

Water management in India - Google Books
 
The only terrorism in Pakistan is the one your country is funding in Balochistan and FATA! And the last time i checked we kicked BLA's and TTP's a$$!

still now no proof is given to us,whereas indian govt slaps proof to pak at every
regular intervals.read front page of dawn.com.i think we shud get proof from ninja who remains silent,and when speaks ,always proof less things.if ur govt is not worried ,not have proof then how u get them?:cheesy::cheesy:.kicking out ur own terrorists thats gud ,blaming india 4 them is :tdown:.
 
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