.........Even today economists have not been able to offer any solution to accurately identifying who is poor. C Rangarajan is the head of a commission that is yet to submit a report to redefine poverty or how to measure poverty or who should be called poor. We have the Abhijit Sen Committee which is yet to identify who should be entitled to the benefits meant for the poor..............
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When we find it tough to handle hunger and poverty, we start a debate on what exactly is poverty and where 'cheap' or 'free' food or 'aid' is available. Instead of diverting issues, it is high time India brought back her focus to improving literacy and primary healthcare simultaneously being aggressive on ensuring further progress in Human Development Indicators across geography. Averages are misleading. We must change our pathetic position even among our own neighbors as revealed from the following position:
Estimated proportion of the population below the international poverty line of PPP $2/day, 2010(%):
India 68.7
Bangladesh 76.5
Nepal 57.3
Pakistan 60.2
Sri Lanka 29.1
China 29.8
Indonesia 46.1
Thailand 4.6
M G Warrier
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