When the article says the percentage of population below poverty line is 37% or 8 Crores. When the total population of India is around 120 Crores what is the 37% is it only 8 crores?
Re: No of people below poverty line : 37% = 8 Crores?
by Mohan Jain on May 19, 2010 07:59 AM
It is the number of families who are BPL and not the individuals. If we take 5 as the average size of the family, we have about 22 crore familier. That is how you get 37% of 22 crorer as 8 crorer. The total number incresed is 10 crores.
Re: No of people below poverty line : 37% = 8 Crores?
by Hasan khan on Apr 22, 2010 11:00 AM
No it has increased by 8 crore member from earlier counted poor member
One may calculate in any manner, everyone knows that number of poors have increased manifold in India. Few knows that hard earned money paid as taxes to Govt. is mainly used to feed these unwanted poors only, the govt. is not keen to control their population as it suits to their vote bank, but tax payers are punished from the last 60 years.We therefore have always no money for infrastructure development.
Re: Poverty
by Diwan Gupta on Apr 22, 2010 11:12 AM
I agree that the number of poor in the country has increased many fold, and it is also true that the hard earned(God Knows) money by the tax payers is pumped in the name of welfare of the poor.Most of the wealth is accumulated a selected group of persons(may they be industrpoloticians ialists, beaurocrates,and brokers. Farmers, downtrodden and the weakers are exploited and money goes to most those riches who donot pay adequate taxes or to those who exploit this group.There is a burning question, how an ordinary politician or the broker or a boy from middle income family becomes billionier within a period of a deacade or less. Where from this money comes to fill the coffers of the great CEOs and how much they contribute for the well being of their attendents and down trodden.I think the taxpayer pays the share of poor as a part of tax. Unfortunate part is that even out of this , whatever is earmarked for the welfare of this class of people, does not reach them and again goes in the pocket of corrupts, who are governing or managing the system.Poverty is the sin and also the poor population is the shame for our democracy. RAJA KOI RAHE RANK KO TO KEWAL MARNA HAI. D C GUPTA
Re: Re: Poverty
by arungopal agarwal on Apr 22, 2010 12:55 PM
You are putting many question, but the basic Question is when we could not eradicate it in 60 years any of charge made by you, why not drastically implement their population control(only one measure)
nature have given lot of gift,to human being ,but monopoly of few make life worse for majority of weak, illiterate and powerless,,people brainwashed by socalled system of king, queen and riches,,krishan the great philosophy preched very practically but humanbeing is animal, he prefer to live in comfort than truth,,whole system of capitalist is based gambling, power and middlemen,,we need to ethical , spiritualistic system based on love, secrifice and transferency and justice, not power of weaponeis and socalle dproperty share and middlemen system,people rich in ethical value and hard to work are never poor, these are kamasutra born animal who are tought to beg only ,,
Politicians,Bureaucrats,businessmen deliberately want poor becomes more poorer, so that they can stuff their own pockets with nations wealth. Somebody's loss is a gain for another person. The country needs a revoluton whereby all the ill gotten wealth posssed by corrupt individuals are identified , recovered and the gulites are hanged.
in purely agricultural economy, the food expenses are the major source of expentiture for the agri and other low income urban population.
at the present state of economy where 50 % of GDP, is dreived from service sector, the transport and travel, education of children, tele. com, medical, entertainment, consumption of tobacco/alchohol, expenses on marriage the similar functions do consume major part of low income families. and to meet the budget, they economise on buying of the food articles. that reflects on the macro consumtion of cereals, pulses and other food articles on the national basis.
most of the people are not buddhas to sacrice such pleasures. a prosperous economy will provide a better earning career/wages to most of the people. that is possible by more entrepreuners per 100 population than at present. for that to achieve we need a government that is less and less buracratic, and more honest, capable sincere and has well meaning govt. servants. govt has to pay the govt sevants better than at present. it is not a consumption expenditure. but an investment.
Re: How poverty is calculated in India
by Kishore Doodnath on Apr 22, 2010 10:27 AM
Good comment. Government must provide the enabling environment for entrepreneurs to thrive. These people in their pursuit of increasing their wealth by honest means provide job opportunities for the poor to uplife themselves. A heavily bureaucratic environment just provides opportunities for crooks to divert resources away from the poor. Corruption has become so ingrained in Indian society that the behaviour is not frowned upon anymore.
Re: How poverty is calculated in India
by Rajesh Tripathi on Apr 22, 2010 10:23 AM
Poverty in India can only be reduced if we head towards linguistic nations, from the present linguistic states. If people of different languages keep living together, most of the GDP will be used up in keeping the nation together, leaving very little for poverty alleviation. Linguistic nations, therefore, is the need of the hour.
Re: Re: How poverty is calculated in India
by raman govindan on Apr 22, 2010 10:47 AM
living in poverty is an attitude and also forced by circumstrances. in tamilnadu various other linguistic groups like, telugus, keralites, marwaris, gujarathis, punjabis etc live a better quality of life and a peaceful one too than an average tamil family's life. the govt. expenditure is not keeping the multilingual groups together. other way looking at is they provide an yardstick to measure one's own way of like with respect to others, and change if necessary or augument their strength. one does not have to go distant foreign land to know such facts. it is across the street or with your neighbour. a single language/ethnic nation is a bore.
This article exposes the myth of globalisation and liberalisation reducing poverty levels in this Country. In actuality, poverty levels have increased since the onset of liberalisation process not only in India but around the globe. There has been a systematic campaign from the World Bank as well as those funding it about the virtues of globalisation and liberalisation in reducing poverty levels which is fallacy and pure rubbish. What resulted in reduced poverty was only by tinkering with the socio economic indicators.
reservations should given to person who derserve them the most , for example :- does a ias officer son or person with good government post's son require reservation. the answer is no . what i mean to say is that person who has availed a reservation from goverement in securing good government job , then why does his generations require the same reservations again and again.
Re: Miserable Nation
by Kishore Doodnath on Apr 22, 2010 10:30 AM
Think again - it always did not in the past. Europeans came here to trade because then India was to the world what America is today to the world. It was mslm invasions and looting and then christn looting that made us what we are today. Greatness is laten in Indians and will manifest itself one the country is educated again. The social ills like poverty, child mortality will be overcome one day.
Re: Re: Miserable Nation
by Shaan on Apr 25, 2010 09:25 AM
What we are today is because of who we are. Don't put the blame on others for what we are today.
Poverty can be calculated on the base of No of Mobile Users in India. India has 650 million of Mobile users in the world 2nd highest after China. Out of every 100 Indian 65 are using Mobile phone.Even a beggar in the street is holding Mobile Phone in India.
Re: Poverty can be calculated on the base of No of Mobile Users i
by ravindra avsare on Apr 22, 2010 11:01 AM
Only use of mobiles and TC channels doesn't mean a progressive or prospering country. In india most of the people are wasting their time in talking on cheap mobiles or watching faltu TV Saas Bahu's meaningless serials which is not a character of progressive country.
Re: Poverty can be calculated on the base of No of Mobile Users i
by Sukesh Chulliyote on Apr 22, 2010 10:53 AM
That really casuing poverty in india ! people are spening more on luxuary rather than needs !
Re: Re: Poverty can be calculated on the base of No of Mobile Use
by kieran dsouza on Apr 22, 2010 11:08 AM
yeah just imagine crapping in the open while speaking on your mobile just because of mismatched priorities
