Poverty (my notes)

POVERTY

ECONOMIC DISPARITY: (75-1000, 20-2000, 4-5000 , ½_ 10000, 0.0009-10,000 ABOVE)Asian Development Bank, our middle class engine of growth, Poor Rs 1035 per head per month, 74.95%, 25 M, lower Middle class 20.45% and Rs. 1035-2070, Middle class 4.15% Rs. 2070-5177 and 45 M upper middle class 5177-10,3540.45%, and 5 M, and UPPER CLASS..Rs 10,354 and above, 0.0009%. 1 Million ADB Key Indicator for Asia and the Pacific, 2010, and middle class earning $2 to 20$ per month, growth engine.

11. MNCs 14,000 crore company which sells datuns to Indian earning from here and 300 spending on us for anesthesia in the form of advertisement. Bhanupratap Shukla data of 1992, 15000 crores for agriculturists, 200 crore rs. Goden temple budget rs.30,000 free langer daily. He Rajeev Dixit adds that 5,500 crores is taken away by PepsiCoke every year. ICE CREAMs, 60%, soaps, detergents and bathing: 65%, and buiscuits and chocolates:2/3.

12. INDIAN DEBT: Rajeev Dixit says: 5000 MNCs now, and take away Rs. 3 lakh crores per year, and because there is national debt of Rs.40 lakhs crores since independence, so another 3 lakh crores is taken away as interest and toothpaste foreign companies take away Rs. 20,000 crores per year. Average Debt of an Indian is Rs. 38,000 on every Indian, or his 10 months income, by Central Statistical Organisation.(17 feb 2009). .PER CAPITA INCOME 23-2-11 Ashwani Kr State Planning Minister told Loksabha Goa’s PCI 1,32,719 Rs. Chd. 1,20,912, Delhi: 1,16,886 Average National 2009-10 Rs. 46,952, UP’s 23,132 and Bihar 16,119.

13. DASHRATH MANJHI; mountain, 16 ft wide 12 high way of 350 feet, in Gehlore village in Gaya distt.reduced distance to distt. Hospital from 50 miles to 8 miles, in 20 long years, singlehandedly completed, 1959 to 1981. 

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16. The countries whose economy was shattered because of globalization in the last 15 years: Thailand, Malasia, South Korea, Indonesia ( all the four of Asia), Maxico, Russia, Argentina, and Turkey. (In Paul Krugmen’s book there is some reference to these countries.

17. POVERTY: Harsh Mandar, 5 crores have been displaced in the name of DEVELOPENT.That poverty can be seen anywhere in streets, in malin bastis, roadsides, and at red traffic signals, but it is difficult to realize their condition, and it is more difficult for economists busy in defining poverty all the time. One says that 1% is occupying 57% of the total assests of the world, some say 40% occupy 94% of worlds assets and remaining 60% have to content with only 6%

18. POVERTY INDIA; CG has ordered to give 25 lakh tons extra foodgrains to states for distribution. 61,000 tonnes of wheat of food grain is rotting in various storehouse – Sharad Pawar. State Agri Minister KV Thomas told RS last month: 11,708 tons foodgrains is either rotten or not fit for distribution. 6 1000 lakh people can be fed by this for 10 years. Rs.50,000 CRORES foodgrains is rotten every year due to lack of storage facilities. The foodgrains which is wasted en route from farm to storage is equal to what is grown in AUSTRALIA. Amritya sen’s book in 1981: Poverty and Famine: the reason of hunger and famine is not lack of foodgrains but inequality and lack of public distribution system( compare it with famine of 1800)5016 grams consumption per head per day.G

19. Famine State prompted: In Desher Gatha, the story of the country, written by and translated by gives an important data: there was famine in our country in the 19th century. From 1800-1825, 10 lakh died, from 1825-50 about 40 lakh died, from 50-75 about 50 lakh died, and from 1875-1900, 1 crore died. What was the then government doing In that period, distributing.. NO, it was EXPORTING THE FOODGRAIN TO THEIR COUNTRY to their own country and the data…..

20. COMMITTEES ON POVERTY: Justice Wadhwa Com,20 crore,Tendulkar,8.25 c, state gov. estimates:10.5 c, Arjunsen Guta:20, Planning com. 7 crWB:7.5 c Poors inIndia., Every fifth man poor in the world is Indian, Global Hunger Index: out of 88 countries fighting with hundger Indian is 86. In the year 2000 BPL selection schemes : for giving benefit of Rs. 1, the cost to be borne was Rs/3.65, Moreover even then 61 circle of CSSO , half the BPL houses do not have the desired Ration cards, Justice Wadhwa comm.. reported that 80% of foodgrains is diverted to other sources;

21. IMPORTANT DATA ABOUT PHILANTHROPHY; 

ARAB AND BILLION SYNONIMUS; Basic education of the world requires: 6 arab (B)dollars and money spent on American cosmetic items: 8 arab dollars, Water and Sanitation require only 9 Arab dollars whereas in Europe money spent on Ice cream is 9b annually, Women reproductive health related problems require 12 arab dollars, but the money spent in American on merely perfumes and fragrances is also 12 crores in Europe and USA,(Every eight minutes a women dies in our country due to pregnancy-related problem. Basic health and Nutritonal problems require 13,and mone spent or wasted on pets food is 17 and the total of all reaches only 40 Arab dollars, Cigarette Europe amouns to $50 b and Alcohal amounts to 105 arab dollars is spent (Europe) and 400 on drugs and to cap it all military expenditure of the world annually is $780 billions.