According to a 2005 World Bank estimate, 41.6% of the total Indian population falls below the international poverty line of US$ 1.25 a day (PPP, in nominal terms INR 21.6 a day in urban areas and INR 14.3 in rural areas)
you only care about middle and upper class? Why not the lower class?
Come up with some other argument, you all have played the POVERTY card. India is bringing up its lower class, do some research
You want to know about our "poor" people
DHARAVI SLUM (same slum showed in Slumdog Millionaire)
Dharavi is not only a residential space, but also a major economic hub representing the city’s vast informal sector. In fact, in many parts, it seems as if residential spaces have been carved out from the tiny surplus left over from economic activities such as recycling industries, leather tanneries, heavy metal work, woodwork, and manufactured goods like garments, shoes, luggage, jewelry. Industries generally serve all of Mumbai, and many products are even distributed in global markets. One conservative estimate places the annual value of
goods produced in Dharavi at USD 500 million (“Inside the Slums,” The Economist, 27/1/05).
Dharavi is home to between half a million and one million people (no recent and reliable population statistics are available). A 1986 survey by the National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) counted 530,225 people (106,045 households) living in 80,518 structures; the numbers have surely grown since then.
Intro: Lakhs of Residents, Billions of Dollars - Dharavi, Mumbai
I think this slum has higher GDP then many of your cities combined.
. chal hattt get at us first then talk.. lolll
