The Great Indian Poverty Debate, 2.0
Has the Modi government really accelerated poverty reduction? It is hard to tell as the country has effectively stopped measuring poverty.
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Fact check: Has extreme poverty in India really dropped below 1%, as a new IMF paper claims?
Economists are sceptical of the claim that the country’s food security scheme helped avert a rise in extreme poverty. Here’s why.
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10% quota for the EWS is impulsive, unplanned and illogical
10% quota for the EWS is impulsive, unplanned and illogical By News Desk| Updated: 30th January 2021 5:56 pm IST Amir Ullah Khan Nahia Hussain In January of 2019, with a sudden move that is by now characteristic of the Modi government’s policy making strategy, a 10 per cent reservation was announced. It was for everyone, who could prove they are poor. A reservation for all, the logic was difficult to digest. World over, affirmative action is taken for who fight acute forms of marginalisat...
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