Yes, but is not so poor it is developed very much now. Now 80/100 in India live happily but 20/100 are unhappy and poor because India is a overpopulated country.
Some parts of India is poor
As a nation India is, or could be,actually quite wealthy; but her society is very deeply divided with considerable, desperate poverty for very many of her population. This arises from a mixture of geographical, social and political reasons including arid climate, the ingrained Caste System among the Hindus and Governmental neglect.
India is one of the countries in the world that suffers greatly from poverty with about half of the current population being classed as poor and living below the poverty line. It is hard to put a definitive figure on the actual number but it is one of the countries with the highest poverty rates.
42% people of India falls below the international poverty line of $1.25 a day ; having reduced from 90% in 1980
Who said India is poor. It is fourth richest country in the world. UK is pooor but not India.
India is the 57th poorest country in the world.Poverty is widespread in India, with the nation estimated to have a third of the world's poor
No poor people in india.
India would look like USA,UK with much less poverty . Our leaders were over-confident and now india sucks to the core
I hope there are only two types. The Absolute and Relative poverty.
37% of Indian population lives below poverty line.
widespread poverty
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Historical reasons of poverty in india
Decomposition by Zulfikar Ghose is a poem based on the poverty of India. Ghose talks about how typical it is of India that poverty and homeless still exhist in vast amounts in India. He also talks about how there is so much of poverty in India that the people have become desensitised to the idea as it's nothing new.
Approximately 25% of total population of India lives in poverty as per the data available of year 2007 Approximately 25% of India's population lives in poverty at present
37%
Crime, violence, children, healthcare, and education are 5 things which are negatively affected by poverty in India.
India would look like USA,UK with much less poverty . Our leaders were over-confident and now india sucks to the core
lol politician are worst and poverty is increasing day by day.
poverty illiteracy corruption
about poverty
India's Rank is 63 out of 104 countries
I hope there are only two types. The Absolute and Relative poverty.
The reasons for an unhealthy India is poverty and over population.