Saturday, January 5, 2013

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India undercounts its poor by Himashu

" ... has provided ample evidence of the significant impact of such minimal interventions (MDM expenses aggregated less than Rs 10,000 crore in 2009-10) have on poverty reduction."

Inequality Matters by Radhicka Kapoor

"Planning Commission estimates indicate that the ratio of per capita income between the top 15% and bottom 15% of the population has risen from 3.9 in 2004-05 to 5.8 in 2009-10 in rural areas. In urban areas, the ratio has gone up from 6.4 to 7.8, indicating that not only the inequality between the two groups is on the rise but also that the benefits of economic growth have not trickled down to those at the bottom of the distribution."


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