India ‘Purna’ poverty in it is almost over. This has been said by NITI Aayog. Commission member Arvind Virmani said that according to the rules of the World Bank, the full poverty measured is almost over in India. He said that general policy action cannot be taken for some people earning less than $ 1.9 per day. Virmani, while addressing a program of Udyog Mandal IMC Chamber of Commerce, said that the percentage of population marked as ‘Kamajor’ has also reduced considerably and will end in the next seven years.
50 years of problem was overcome
However, he admitted that complete poverty has reduced, but from the point of view of income distribution, the situation is ‘Badatar’. Virmani, who has worked as the Chief Economic Advisor between 2007-09, said, “The full poverty has come down from 12.2 percent to 2.3 percent in 11 years and it has reduced to one percent further. In the true sense, this poverty, about which we had been talking about 50 years, is now over. ”
1 percent people remain here
He said that one percent of the population which has still not come out of full poverty, lives in remote areas and hilly areas and we have to search for such people. Virmani said, “You have to go there and find the real person. You cannot have a general policy to deal with such cases. ”He said that in the 1960s, the World Bank had kept people earning less than one dollar per day under the definition of full poverty, which would be adjusted with inflation to $ 1.9 per day today.
Latest business news