Merlu@lemmy.mlM to Positive News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agoAt World Bank’s raised poverty line of $3 a day, extreme poverty rate falls to 5.3% in 2022-23 from 27.1% in 2011-12indianexpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11cross-posted to: positive_news@lemmy.ca
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkAt World Bank’s raised poverty line of $3 a day, extreme poverty rate falls to 5.3% in 2022-23 from 27.1% in 2011-12indianexpress.comMerlu@lemmy.mlM to Positive News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: positive_news@lemmy.ca
minus-squareOutwit1294linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoThey are not “poor” with subsidies. Subsidies help them stay above the poverty line.
minus-squareFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 days agoMost of them are paid welfare in kind in form of food grains. If you are taking income based poverty, they are poor, in that they don’t have sufficient purchasing power to even afford the basics.
They are not “poor” with subsidies. Subsidies help them stay above the poverty line.
They are, you’re wrong
Most of them are paid welfare in kind in form of food grains. If you are taking income based poverty, they are poor, in that they don’t have sufficient purchasing power to even afford the basics.