What a funny stuff...'Almost 90% Indians live below
poverty line'...???
CLEAR UP DATA MAN!!!
% OF PEOPLE LIVING POVERTY LINE IN INDIA IS 23.6% IN URBAN AND 26.1
IN RURAL AREAS.
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bd_mailer@...> wrote:
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> --- On Sun, 8/31/08, Muhammad Javed Iqbal <javediqbalkaleem@...>
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> From: Muhammad Javed Iqbal javediqbalkaleem@...
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> Subject: [notun_bangladesh] More than 75% Indians live below
poverty line
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> To: notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com
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> Date: Sunday, August 31, 2008, 12:22 AM
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> My heart bleeds for the Indian poor. Almost 90% Indians live below
> poverty line. The government of India is callous and shameless when
> it comes to rescuing its poors. To hide facts, it has arbitarily
> fixed the povertyline at Rs 10 per day, whereas the standard fixed
> by world bank and asian bank was US $ 1 which has now been
increased
> to 1.35 dollars due to increasing food prices.
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> I wonder how ungrteful and thankless we Pakistanis are who are far
> more better off than the Indians.
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> Whereas the minimum wage in Paksitan is Rs 6000, Government of
> India has fixed it at Rs 1250. No wonder, many emploees of Indian
> government live below poverty line, not to speak of millions who
> work in un-organized sectors or are unemployed. India's
> population living below povertyline exceeds 90% because now the
> Asian Bank has fixed povertyline at Us $ 1.35 per day per person.
> An Indian expert has calculated Indian poverty in the
> following manner:
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> No. Earnings of diffrent types of employees in India Converted into
> Rs./month
> 1. Average cost of employee* in Air-India Rs. 53,000
> 2. Average cost of employee* in MARUTI UDYOG Rs. 24,000
> 3. Average cost of employee* in the MUMBAI MUNICIPAL CORP. Rs.
> 16,000
> 4. Minimum starting salary in the FIRE Dept. in Mumbai Rs. 7,000
> 5. Average earning of an Indian - US$ 440 per year or about (This
is
> based on a GDP of US$ 440 billion
> and 1 billion people) Rs. 1,727
> 6. Minimum earning required, as per WORLD BANK, to live at above
> poverty line, for underdeveloped
> countries like India, China etc, about US$ 1.0 per day or US$ 30
per
> month Rs. 1,410
> 7. MINIMUM WAGES, as per Government of India, for all the States,
> about Rs. 40 to 60 per day per
> person, average about Rs. 50 per day. For 25 days per month Rs.
> 1,250
> 8. POVERTY LINE definition, as per Government of India, see below
> for
> explanation, at Rs. 10 per day,
> per person, approx. Rs. 300
> Other related & relevant data In millions, people
> 9. Number of people, in India, who are below poverty line About 300
> million (30 Cr.)
> 10. Number of people, in India, who work in the organized Public
> Sector, i.e. with the Central and State
> Government About 19 million (1.9 Cr.)
> 11. Number of people, in India, who work in the organized Private
> Secto About 8 million (0.8 Cr.)
> 12. Number of people, in India, who work in the unorganized Sector
> About 320 million (32 Cr.)
> 13. Number of people, in India, who are unemployed approximately
> About
> 300 million (30 Cr.)
> 14. Number of JOBS which need to be created every year, to fulfill
> the
> aspirations of the people of India
> About 10 million/yr. (1 Cr.)
> 15. Number of people BORN every year in India (China is only 10
> million per yea About 27 million/yr. (2.7 Cr.)
> 16. Number of people, in India, who are below 35 years of age About
> 700 million (70 Cr.)
>
> 1. About us The World Bank's definition of the poverty line**, for
> under developed countries, like India, is US$ 1/day/person
> or US $365 per year. As per this definition, more than 75% of all
> Indians are, probably, below the poverty line!
> As per the Government of India, poverty line for the urban areas is
> Rs. 296 per month and for rural areas Rs. 276
> per month, i.e. people in India who earn less than Rs. 10 per day.
> As per GOI, this amount will buy food
> equivalent to 2200 calories per day, medically enough, to prevent
> death. At this level of earning, even in a poor
> country like India, survival on Rs. 10 per day is a nightmare! This
> actually translates to Rs. 3650 per year or US $ 75 per year.
> On what basis have our planners decided this definition of "Poverty
> Line"? Does it mean that the person will get enough food to stay
> alive? How and where is he or she supposed to cook it? What about
> the minimum needs in education, housing, health services,
> clothing,and other basic necessities? Are we supposed to live on
> pavements and sleep under trees from birth till death? YOU BE THE
> JUDGE!
> The minimum wages in India, vary from state to state and city to
> city, and average Rs. 1000 - 1250/month or
> Rs. 12,000 - 15,000/yr. Or US $ 250 - US $ 300/yr. India's per
> capita is US $ 440 per year. (China's is US $ 990).
> If India could provide Roads, Electricity, TV's and Telephones in
> every village, it would improve, education, health,
> family planning, agriculture, animal husbandry, GDP and reduce
> migration from vllages to cities.
>
> *Cost of employee = salary & wages + all allowances including
> housing + perks + retirement benefits.
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> **1 million = 1,000,000 or 10 lacs. 1 lac = 1,00,000. 1 crore = 10
> million = 1,00,00,000.
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> To verify you can look at this link:
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> http://www.wakeupca ll.org/administr ation_in_ india/poverty_
line.php
>
> M .Javed Iqbal
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