Poverty is a multidimensional function of income and nonincome variables. The income aspect of poverty is currently measured as per the common international poverty line of $1.25 (Rs. 91) per person per day based on the 2005 purchasing power parity, wher
Empirical Analysis of Poverty in India Using Multidimensional Poverty Indexdoi:10.4103/jphpc.jphpc_1_20Varghese, JacobRoy, SakhiJournal of Public Health & Primary Care
There are several reasons why India is a poor country. Some have historical roots and others derive strength from socio-political structures. Lack of effective governance and corruption has only sustained Indian poverty.
So poverty is falling, slowly but surely. And hopefully globalization will gradually lead the government to be more open to trade liberalization and open markets. P.S. Another reason to be pessimistic about India is that the government recently imposed “demonetization.” Any nation that joins the...
A key barrier to improving the nutritional status of ST women is the intersection of poverty, food insecurity, and limited access to healthcare [60]. Many tribal communities struggle with encroachment on their traditional land, water, and forest resources, which directly impacts their food sovereign...
s economy has grown enormously in the past decade, but health sector development has not kept pace with the country gaining middle-income status and a large part of the population, both rural and urban, continues to live in dire poverty with poor or no sanitation and little access to health...
For India, the estimates are based on the urban and rural poverty lines by state estimated in the Rangarajan Report (Rangarajan, Dev, Sundaram, Vyas, & Datta, 2014). In the analysis we will consider several household-level characteristics that might determine household economic opportunities and ...
Nearly 230 millionmiddle class Indianshave slipped below the poverty line, constituting a 15 to 20% increase in poverty since Covid-19 struck last year, according toPew Research. Middle class consumption has been a key driver of economic growth in India. Erosion of the middle class will likely...
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The government remains optimistic, citing strong banks, robust forex reserves, and declining extreme poverty. Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran urged caution in interpreting the latest GDP figures, saying, “We should not throw the baby out with the bathwater, as the underlying growth stor...