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 marginalisation and distress. Here the government was giving reservation to everyone who was poor. The law does ...
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