US lessens aid to India
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Touching post man.
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Wow nice post..Vande Mataram.
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Thanx guys, I am glad you all liked it and also that it put the issue to rest, untill we send them even more next time
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Indians donated during Tsunami, Kashmir Earthquake,Katrina.. We don't want US or for that matter any country's aid, We ain't no beggars.. True India has problems with famines but they are in the most far flung / severely disturbed areas(naxalite hit areas) / severely weather affected areas, which is/can true even for the most developed country, where it is not possible to efficiently run the government or administrative machinery.
Anyway people dying of hunger is old news the number of deaths due to hunger has sharply dropped, so has poverty per se.. The latest news that Indians survive on 20Rs or less is discounting possibly the food they get as part of the job, the free schooling, the free healthcare and the free facilities provided in far flung areas they receive etc.. As India has a huge population of children, women and elderly who dont work hence often one person is the sole breadwinner of the family. Hypothetically imagine a family of 1 husband, 1 wife, 1 grandparent, 4 children assuming the children, grandparent, women milk the family's only buffalo, goat for milk. The husband tills his meager land and also works as a part time laborer in another field in exchange for share of produce/ food. We see that if per capita income is 20rs in that case the husband makes about 140RS or 3.5$ per day in addition to food. Often we see that the farmers are subsistence / hand to mouth farmers or herders whose work participation can be thought of as 0. Hence the term Rs20 is misleading..
As per the census India has 320million population under 15 and usually unemployed in the traditional sense, 51 million over 65+ usually again unemployed in the traditional sense, 330 million women usually unemployed in the traditional sense. This leaves us with about 350 million workers earning.. Out of which 200 million earn more than Rs20 .. Therefore 150 million people earn money equivalent of 800 million earning 20Rs per day i.e. these 150 million men produce equivalent of 110Rs per day assuming hypothetical a village setting where the family is in a hand to mouth existence and primarily work to till their lands for food. Follow the logic...
Anyway people dying of hunger is old news the number of deaths due to hunger has sharply dropped, so has poverty per se.. The latest news that Indians survive on 20Rs or less is discounting possibly the food they get as part of the job, the free schooling, the free healthcare and the free facilities provided in far flung areas they receive etc.. As India has a huge population of children, women and elderly who dont work hence often one person is the sole breadwinner of the family. Hypothetically imagine a family of 1 husband, 1 wife, 1 grandparent, 4 children assuming the children, grandparent, women milk the family's only buffalo, goat for milk. The husband tills his meager land and also works as a part time laborer in another field in exchange for share of produce/ food. We see that if per capita income is 20rs in that case the husband makes about 140RS or 3.5$ per day in addition to food. Often we see that the farmers are subsistence / hand to mouth farmers or herders whose work participation can be thought of as 0. Hence the term Rs20 is misleading..
As per the census India has 320million population under 15 and usually unemployed in the traditional sense, 51 million over 65+ usually again unemployed in the traditional sense, 330 million women usually unemployed in the traditional sense. This leaves us with about 350 million workers earning.. Out of which 200 million earn more than Rs20 .. Therefore 150 million people earn money equivalent of 800 million earning 20Rs per day i.e. these 150 million men produce equivalent of 110Rs per day assuming hypothetical a village setting where the family is in a hand to mouth existence and primarily work to till their lands for food. Follow the logic...
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