How India Measures Poverty | Does India’s Poverty-Line Estimation Consider Human Dignity

By Jessica Goel and Richard Kujur

Who’s poor in India, according to the government? Anyone who lives in a city and earns more than 32 rupees – or less than half a U.S. dollar – a day is above the poverty line. For those who live in a village, the benchmark is 26 rupees a day. In other words, you may go broke after buying a litre of milk a day, but you are not “poor.”

The video above explains the basis on which the Indian government arrived at this conclusion.

[arghyadutta]

In us the poverty line is at 1000$ per month which is huge the dont just want the poor to have roti kapda (not makan) but to have a basic sustainable lifestyle
the poverty line must be at 5500 per month per capita ( for a family of 4 thats about 22000 per month )
rent 2000 per month
food- 500 per month
education-1500 per month
health -1000 per month
clothing-300 per month
other expenses - 200 per month

[KD-rvwj]

Powerty line ka mazak bana kar rakha hai...32 Rs to 1 ghante me koi bhikari bhi kama leta hai...80 crore ko free me ration batne ki kya jarurat hai...log jo 500-1000 / day kama rahe hai unko BPL card bate hai....

[madwithmadhu]

Please pronounce the word POVERTY properly.