NEW DELHI — Counting India’s soaring number of billionaires is fairly straightforward: 49 last year, according to Forbes. But deciding who is poor has set off a fierce debate and led some to ask: Is the government trying to lower the tally to reduce its welfare burden? Ahead of a survey of India’s poorest people this month, economists, officials and activists are embroiled in a debate over how to define poverty, which will determine how this prospering economy redistributes its newfound wealth among the poor. Read full article >>
A Prosperous India Is At Pains To Identify Its Poor For Subsidies
Rama Lakshmi, Washington Post
Fri, 06/03/2011 - 9:22am
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