Thursday, April 5, 2012

That's Rich: New 'poverty standards' enrage Indians


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That's Rich: New 'poverty standards' enrage Indians

The Indian government has announced a drop in the number of poor people in the country by massaging the criteria used to measure poverty. By its reckoning, less than a dollar a day is enough to get by -- but the numbers don't tell the whole story.