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NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services'
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Mr. R Kakodkar writes:
"Wikipedia excerpts about India poverty:
Poverty is widespread in India, with the nation estimated to have a third of
the
world's poor.By World Bank estimates, 80% of India's population lives on less
than 2$ a day.[1] According to a 2005 World Bank estimate, 41% of India falls
below the international poverty line of US$ 1.25 a day"
A contributing factor to the endemic poverty is the very large increase in
population of India.
The population almost doubled from 440 ,000,000 in 1961 to est. 1,191,000
million in 2010. Also consider the Urban to Rural ratio changes in this time
frame: 18% of the population was Urban in 1961 . By 2001 that number was
27.8%.
What it means is there were 79,200,000 city dwellers in 1961. By 2001 there
were
331,098,000 dwelling in the same cities + Goa.
It appears China's one child policy has enabled India to be on track to assume
the "Most Populous Country In the World" spot by 2025.
(Sources: http://www.prb.org/pdf06/61.3IndiasPopulationReality_Eng.pdf;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India )
