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Indian poverty levels higher than Pakistan's, says UN report
India, the world's second fastest growing economy, has been ranked as poorer than its blighted enemy Pakistan in a United Nations report on global poverty.


By Dean Nelson,


New Delhi3:14PM GMT 03 Nov 201144 Comments

The report also finds more 'gender equality' in conservative Pakistan than in 'tolerant' India.
Its findings amount to a wake-up call for a nation which has taken great pride in its rapid economic growth and the increasing clout of its billionaire business leaders but has failed to share the spoils with its poor. Britain's Department for Internmational Development has pointed to this chequered progress to justify its continuing aid to India.The Human Development Report reveals that while India ranks slightly above Pakistan in its level of 'human development' – based on life expectancy, schooling and per capita income – its wider poverty level is worse than Pakistan's.In absolute terms, 41.6 per cent of India's 1.1 billion people earned less than 78 pence per day compared with 22.6 per cent of Pakistan's 173 million.

The report quotes its 'multi-dimensional poverty index' which includes measures of schooling, child mortality, nutrition, access to electricity, toilets, drinking water, and hygienic living conditions, and reveals India is poorer.Indian labourer mistaken for boss jailed for seven years
It found 53.7 per cent of Indians suffering from this broader kind of poverty, compared with 49 per cent of Pakistanis.More surprisingly, India is ranked below Pakistan and Bangladesh on gender equality which reflects maternal death rates, teenage pregnancies, access to education, and the number of women parliamentarians and in the workplace.

India's rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said the report highlighted the prevalence of poverty in the midst of economic growth and the possibility that "actually economic development may lead to retrogression of social indices." Priya Subramanian of Save the Children said India's poor ranking reflected a lack of political will to tackle poverty."It is things like healthcare and education which have India lagging behind Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. These countries are well on track and India, with its fast growing economy, has still not got its act together," she said."While we have a new band of millionaires, on the other side people continue to suffer endlessly. Millions still live below the poverty line and go to sleep hungry. The [economic] growth has not flowed towards them," she added.

Indian poverty levels higher than Pakistan's, says UN report
 
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This is nothing new, its a theory that as a country industrializes the inequality gap widens, as it matures the gap narrows.

The topic of issue here is what the Indian govt is going/ is doing to address this issue. Are they offering job training programs or anything to help alleviate this.
 
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now be ready to get a list of terrorism and suicide bombing accidents in Pakistan.

Why not.. if the OP can post a 2011 article which has already been discussed/trolled/counter-trolled till death.. then so be it !
 
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Thəorətic Muslim;4144571 said:
This is nothing new, its a theory that as a country industrializes the inequality gap widens, as it matures the gap narrows.

The topic of issue here is what the Indian govt is going/ is doing to address this issue. Are they offering job training programs or anything to help alleviate this.

Its a 2011 article and besides.. interested people can search for MNREGA schemes and similar other schemes for providing employment to millions of people !
 
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Indian poverty levels higher than Pakistan's, says UN report
India, the world's second fastest growing economy, has been ranked as poorer than its blighted enemy Pakistan in a United Nations report on global poverty.

An Indian girl selling pens waits for customers in New Delhi, India Photo: AP
By Dean Nelson, New Delhi3:14PM GMT 03 Nov 201144 Comments

The report also finds more 'gender equality' in conservative Pakistan than in 'tolerant' India.
Its findings amount to a wake-up call for a nation which has taken great pride in its rapid economic growth and the increasing clout of its billionaire business leaders but has failed to share the spoils with its poor. Britain's Department for Internmational Development has pointed to this chequered progress to justify its continuing aid to India.
The Human Development Report reveals that while India ranks slightly above Pakistan in its level of 'human development' – based on life expectancy, schooling and per capita income – its wider poverty level is worse than Pakistan's.
In absolute terms, 41.6 per cent of India's 1.1 billion people earned less than 78 pence per day compared with 22.6 per cent of Pakistan's 173 million.
The report quotes its 'multi-dimensional poverty index' which includes measures of schooling, child mortality, nutrition, access to electricity, toilets, drinking water, and hygienic living conditions, and reveals India is poorer.
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It found 53.7 per cent of Indians suffering from this broader kind of poverty, compared with 49 per cent of Pakistanis.
More surprisingly, India is ranked below Pakistan and Bangladesh on gender equality which reflects maternal death rates, teenage pregnancies, access to education, and the number of women parliamentarians and in the workplace.
India's rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said the report highlighted the prevalence of poverty in the midst of economic growth and the possibility that "actually economic development may lead to retrogression of social indices." Priya Subramanian of Save the Children said India's poor ranking reflected a lack of political will to tackle poverty.
"It is things like healthcare and education which have India lagging behind Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. These countries are well on track and India, with its fast growing economy, has still not got its act together," she said.
"While we have a new band of millionaires, on the other side people continue to suffer endlessly. Millions still live below the poverty line and go to sleep hungry. The [economic] growth has not flowed towards them," she added.

Indian poverty levels higher than Pakistan's, says UN report - Telegraph

That's Quite obvious, isn't it? As by area and population as well India is 10 times that of Pakistan.
 
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November 2011 article.

Oh dear. I wish the OP a speedy recovery.

I first though thread was by WJ. His case was more chronic.
 
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I doubt in last 18 months India has made any drastic improvements
and If we dont have anything else to celebrate there is no harm in going back to archives :)

India is bringing 10,000,000 people out of poverty each year, poverty levels are increasing in Pakistan so,yes, things have changed. But that is irrelevant, this is neither the time nor place to discuss such news.
 
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