India's 'Poverty of Numbers'

The number of 'poor' derived from price adjustment of old consumer baskets is mainly due to the official poverty index, which is quite different from the estimate based on actual consumption basket over time. For example, the proportion of grain in household expenditure in rural areas in 1993-94 and 2011-12 has decreased by half. From this point of view, we wondered if all expenditure is spent on food and what percent of the population could not meet the requested calorie requirement? Raise the "minimum" expenditure level of "clothing - footwear, fuel and lighting" and shift "derived" total food expenditure to the second counterfact. Likewise, the cumulative increase in expenditure on other consumer goods and services will also provide a further counterfactual scenario.

The Indian Times published an article on the top page on global poverty watch data on 30th June. It emphasizes that India is no longer the most populous country in extreme poverty. This statement led to the support and review of social media observers who doubt our data that India is developing. This blog is aimed to provide additional data for further global discussion. On the surface, no one has been accused of being nosy about these claims. The data is very convincing. We believe that the number of Indians living below $ 1.90 (from the UN's sustainable development agenda as "extreme poverty") will increase from about 360 million in 2011 to about today's We estimate it has decreased to 70 million people. In addition, we expect India's extreme poverty to decline sharply over the next two years.

From an economic point of view, the difference between India and America is similar to those differences. Despite economic growth, there are still many Indians living in poverty. About 70% of India is poor. India is the third largest economy in the world, but it is the twelfth in the exchange rate of the US dollar. The population of India in 2000 was 1,141 million people. Corruption is a major problem in India, things like bribery and corruption still exist, confusing India. Meanwhile, the United States had the world's largest gross domestic product (GDP) of 13.21 trillion dollars (wikapedia.org) in 2006. In the 2005 census, it is 295,734,340,000 people (econonmywatch.com).

Poverty, which is prevalent in India, is also an important cause. There are many poor people in India. More than a third of the world's poor live in India. Furthermore, if the world is poor, India is the most concentrated country. Therefore, more and more poor people will lower the quality of human resources and make them grow more slowly. Furthermore, the poverty alleviation plan can not even fulfill its needs.

More than 1 billion people live under rural areas. The poverty rate of nearly 30% of India's rural population remains the same. Numerous poverty lines Most of the poorest people in India live in hot areas of the country. In this area, food shortages and water shortages occurred, and droughts occasionally took place. Poverty affects tribal people in forest areas, and the loss of 'rights and resources' makes them even poorer. One of the main reasons for poverty in rural people, individuals and communities in India is the lack of useful financial resources and financial resources. According to UN statistics, the poor rural population generally has no high literacy rate, lacking adequate medical care and extremely limited social services. In general, women are the most vulnerable group in India and they decide their position through social status or ethnicity and ethnic background.