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Rs 600 statement shows politicians disconnected from common man
Economists say that conclusions drawn by Dikshit and Ahluwalia reflect that the government is not in touch with changing social realities. #ThatsJustWrong #UPA #BJP #Sheila Dikshit #Montek Singh Ahluwalia #Poverty line
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From Dikshit to Montek: When politicians play with poverty
Even with the Tendulkar estimates, ridiculous attempts by Congress leaders such as Dikshit, and their hired experts such as Ahluwalia, are to tell people that what they see or experience as poverty is not really poverty. The direct motive for creating such an illusion is to claim non-accountability. #ThatsJustWrong #Sheila Dikshit #Montek Singh Ahluwalia #Poverty line
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Forget poverty line, and focus on food inflation, says expert
Ashish Bose sees no need for a poverty line. The UPA's social sector interventions, he says, have been ruined by corruption. #Rahul Gandhi #Poverty line #GoodReads #Ashish Bose
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Jerusalem PostAnalysis: Poverty and statistics
No one wants to find their country atop a list measuring poverty, even if it is only in comparison to the rich countries that inhabit the OECD. But what does the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s poverty measure really mean? The OE #OECD
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Jerusalem PostLapid: Welfare doesn’t end poverty, work does
Finance Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday said the answer to poverty is work, not government welfare support. Responding to criticism of his recently approved budget, which cut child allowances, and an OECD report that pegged Israel’s poverty level in 2010 #OECD
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Calgary HeraldLetter: Plaudits to council for targets to fight poverty
Nearly 300 runners took to the streets in a snowstorm last month for the Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank Hustle For Hunger. Reader says Calgary deserves credit for strides made towards reducing poverty. Photograph by: Lorraine Hjalte , Calgary Herald Re: " #Calgary #Food Bank