no it was not always poor.
Poverty is relative, and so it is everywhere and always will be. Some parts of India are poor and others rich. If anyone knew the cure for poverty it would not exist. I believe poverty is a fault of the western financial system.
India is a mixture of money one side of India is rich and one side is poor
These schemes have been implemented to alleviate the poverty of farmers.
no they are poor
In India there are rich and poor people
mumbai
india is a poor country and is not gearup for disasters
poor
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta and her order of nuns worked (and continue to work) with the poor and dying of India.
Though India is developing it is still a LEDC (Less economically developed Country) and is considered a comparatively poor country.
Pakistan is rich then India
Liaqat Ali Khan had presented the poor man's bugdet in India immediately before partition.