Merlu@lemmy.mlM to Positive News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoAt World Bank’s raised poverty line of $3 a day, extreme poverty rate falls to 5.3% in 2022-23 from 27.1% in 2011-12indianexpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkAt World Bank’s raised poverty line of $3 a day, extreme poverty rate falls to 5.3% in 2022-23 from 27.1% in 2011-12indianexpress.comMerlu@lemmy.mlM to Positive News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareOutwit1294@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoThey are not “poor” with subsidies. Subsidies help them stay above the poverty line.
minus-squareFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-222 hours agoMost of them are paid welfare in kind in form of food grains. If you are taking income based poverty, they are poor, in that they don’t have sufficient purchasing power to even afford the basics.
They are not “poor” with subsidies. Subsidies help them stay above the poverty line.
Most of them are paid welfare in kind in form of food grains. If you are taking income based poverty, they are poor, in that they don’t have sufficient purchasing power to even afford the basics.
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