Poverty in India
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India suffers from quite a fair bit of poverty. 27.5% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2004–2005.[1] Monthly per capita consumption expenditure is below Rs. 356.35 for rural areas and Rs. 538.60 for urban areas. 1 out of every 4 Indians earns less than $0.40 per day. 75% of the poor are in rural areas. Most of them are daily wagers and landless labourers.
A study was done by the McKinsey Global Institute. This study found 54% of the people living in India were living on a household income of less than 90,000 rupees a year. That menas about a dollar per person per day.
National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) published a report in 2007. This report state, 77% of Indians (that means 836 million people), lived on less than 20 rupees per day (USD 0.50 nominal, USD 2.0 in PPP). Most of them have no job or social security. They live in abject poverty.[2][3]
[change] Cause
There are two views on the cause of poverty in India.
- The Developmentalist View: According to this view, India suffers from poverty due to colonial exploitation.
- The Neoliberal View: According to this view, the following are the causes of poverty.
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Lack of property rights
- Dependence on agriculture
- High population growth rate
- Caste system
[change] References
- ↑ Poverty estimates for 2004-05, Planning commission, Government of India, March 2007. Accessed: August 25, 2007
- ↑ Nearly 80 pct of India lives on half dollar a day, Reuters, August 10 2007. Accessed: August 15, 2007
- ↑ "Report on Conditions of Work and Promotion of Livelihoods in the Unorganised Sector" [1] ], National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector, Government of India, August, 2007. Accessed: August 25, 2007.
