Number of poor in India rises by 10%

dec 10th, 2009

and surely the starving too.

gee, thanks, UPA.

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From: Girish

http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/dec/11/number-of-poor-in-india-rises-by-10-percent.htm   "In 2004 poverty India had actually 10 per cent more than estimated with poverty in rural India at 42 per cent and not 28 per cent as was estimate earlier," the report said.    So the overall poverty figure is 37 per cent and not 27 per cent as was estimated in 2004.  The only silver lining is that there is no change in urban poverty which remained at 27 per cent.