-The Hindu Being fiscally conservative resulted in a rise in extreme poverty, with there being no signs of any course correction A recent World Bank report, titled “Correcting Course”, captures the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global poverty. The number of people living in extreme poverty rose by seven crore million in 2020, as the global poverty rate rose from 8.4% in 2019 to 9.3% in 2020. This is the first...
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New survey shows processed snack foods lure rural Indians -Sandeep Ghosh
-VillageSquare.in A new survey by the Development Intelligence Unit shows that obesity is a rapidly evolving problem, especially in rural India, and needs to be addressed through policies and awareness campaigns Thirty years ago, obesity was not considered a public health issue. Even as late as the 1990s, obesity was only seen as a western concern, whereas undernutrition or malnutrition was more of a problem for developing nations such as India. But the...
More »Poorer India: Editorial on World Bank data on poverty line
-The Telegraph According to a recent estimate, about 80 per cent of the 70 million people who slipped below the poverty line worldwide during the pandemic were from India Poverty numbers can be confusing as they depend on the choice of the poverty line and the statistical method of estimation. These may result in differences in the results arrived at. The latest data from the World Bank show that for South Asia...
More »Various estimates point towards one conclusion – the number of poor Indians swelled in 2020
The newly released World Bank report has estimated that the number of extremely poor people globally went up by nearly 71 million in the year 2020 as compared to 2019 — a 11 percent increase. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of poor swelled by around 56 million in India. It means that about 79 percent of the total people globally who slipped into poverty during the first year of...
More »Indians Account for 80% of Those Who Became Poor Globally in 2020 Due to COVID-19: World Bank -Vikram Mukka
-TheWire.in In its latest report 'Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022: Correcting the Course', the World Bank flagged concerns over how the lack of official data on poverty from India affects the world in drawing up global poverty estimates. New Delhi: A study by the World Bank has concluded that nearly 80% of people who slipped into poverty in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic hailed from India. Out of 7 crore people...
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