He He Mukul-da, Perhaps you are right.
Umesh --- mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --------------------------------- Have to remember George Bernard Shaw's classic observation " Lies, Damned lies,--- Statistics" mm --------------------------------- From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: [Assam] Surprising! India more equality than USA, Canada or Brazil Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 04:07:25 +0100 (BST) >A quick look at CIA Factbook's figures reveals that in >India there is more equality of income consumption >than in US or Canada or Brazil. > >In India top 10% populaton (by income) consumes 33% of >the income >and bottom 10% consumes 3.5% --shocking ? > >https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html > >See for US > >top 10% --- 33% >bottom 10% ---1.8% > >for Canada: > >top 10% ---23% better than India >bottom 10%--2.5% worse > >Brazil even worse: >top 10% ---37% >bottom 10% ---0.7% ONLY!! > >Any comments? > >Umesh >PS: Indian economy is slightly bigger than Brazil's >(at 700 Billion USD) and smaller than Canada's US$1.0 >trillion > > >Umesh Sharma >5121 Lackawanna ST >College Park, MD 20740 USA > >Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, Canada > > 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] >Canada # (607) 221-9433 > >Ed.M. - International Education Policy >Harvard Graduate School of Education, >Harvard University, >Class of 2005 > >weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ > > > > > >___________________________________________________________ >All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine >http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, MD 20740 USA Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, Canada 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Canada # (607) 221-9433 Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
