Poverty levels in India decline sharply to 26 pc

Ulhas Joglekar uvj at vsnl.com
Tue Aug 20 20:24:45 PDT 2002


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Ulhas Joglekar wrote:
>
> >HindustanTimes.com
> >
> >Sunday, August 18, 2002
> >
> >Poverty levels come down sharply to 26 per cent
>
> So is this true? What does Vandana Shiva have to say?

Yes, its true. I don't know what Vandana Shiva says. Indian Left isn't interested in Shiva.

Please see the forwarded article Changing Calorific Norms and Poverty. This deals with the question of the methodological basis for determining poverty ratio.

Ulhas



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