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Poverty in India

"The biggest enemy of health in the
developing world is poverty."
-Kofi Annan

What is Poverty?
Poverty is hunger.
Poverty is lack of shelter.
Poverty is being sick and not being
able to see a doctor.
Poverty is not having access to school
and not knowing how to read.
Poverty is not having a job, is fear for
the future, living one day at a time.
Poverty is losing a child to illness
brought about by unclean water.
Poverty is powerlessness, lack of
representation and freedom.

Facts & Figures….
As of 2005, 85.7% of the population lives on less than $2.50 (PPP)
a day.
the Planning Commission of India has estimated that 27.5% of the
population was living below the poverty line in 2004–2005.
Between 1999 and 2008, the annualized growth rates for Gujarat
(8.8%), Haryana (8.7%), or Delhi (7.4%) were much higher than for
Bihar (5.1%), Uttar Pradesh (4.4%), or Madhya Pradesh
(3.5%).Poverty rates in rural Orissa (43%) and rural Bihar (41%) are
higher than in the world's poorest countries such as Malawi.
A 2007 report by the state-run National Commission for Enterprises
in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) found that 25% of Indians, or
236 million people, lived on less than 20 rupees per day

Causes…
The view blaming British
•The Indian economy was purposely and
severely deindustrialized through colonial
privatizations, regulations, tariffs on
manufactured or refined Indian goods, taxes,
and direct seizures.
•Not only was Indian industry losing out, but
consumers were forced to rely on expensive
British manufactured goods, especially as
barter, local crafts and subsistence agriculture
was discouraged by law.

•British policies in India exacerbated weather
conditions to lead to mass famines which, when
taken together, led to between 30 to 60 million
deaths from starvation in the Indian colonies.
•Community grain banks were forcibly disabled,
land was converted from food crops for local
consumption to cotton, opium, tea, and grain for
export, largely for animal feed.

Causes contd….
General Causes…

Unemployment and underemployment, arising in part from protectionist
policies pursued till 1991 that prevented high foreign investment.
About 60% of the population depends on agriculture whereas the contribution of
agriculture to the GDP is about 18%.
High population growth rate, although demographers generally agree that this is
a symptom rather than cause of poverty.
The caste system, under which hundreds of millions of Indians were kept away
from educational, ownership, and employment opportunities, and subjected to
violence for "getting out of line." British rulers encouraged caste privileges and
customs, at least before the 20th century.

Outlook for Poverty alleviation
Poverty alleviation is expected to make better progress in the next 50 years
than in the past, as a trickle-down effect of the growing middle class.
Increasing stress on education, reservation of seats in government jobs and
the increasing empowerment of women and the economically weaker
sections of society, are also expected to contribute to the alleviation of
poverty. It is incorrect to say that all poverty reduction programmes have
failed.
The growth of the middle class indicates that economic prosperity has
indeed been very impressive in India, but the distribution of wealth is not at
all even.
After the liberalization process and moving away from the socialist model,
India is adding 60-70 million people to its middle class every year. At the
current rate of growth, a majority of Indians will be middle-class by 2025.

Thank You all for being cooperative and patient.
-Kavita

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