Huh I’ve always found it interesting how unequal development is in the region. Though if I recall correctly the poverty rates used here are artificially low due to how the Indian government defines poverty.
But to be fair, they do have very extensive food programs to prevent starvation. That doesn’t really tell a full story when the leading party there has already said it’s given enough out and doesn’t seem to have plans on further improving conditions.
Interesting that Kashmir region has less poverty.
It’s important to be aware that the bar for poverty is set too low which is why you have states where 99% of the people aren’t poor, which doesn’t even happen in developed countries
Less than 1% poverty rate is unseen in the western world, where so many Indians are migrating to. It is clear that the bar set for “poverty” in this map is below any reasonable standard.
Which year is this data from? Did they provide a definition for poverty?
People have to understand that just because India has lower poverty lines than the richer nations, that they are NOT useless
There are so many degrees of poverty, and each one of them is worth tracking and see how much they decline
And progress in a certain poverty category still represents a massive improvement for its communities, even if they still remain poor, but on a higher level of poverty
Multidimensional poverty is the next step above extreme poverty, and the following one is the acute poverty line, and above that there is the moderate poverty line, and above that it’s the lower class line
There is more difference in lifestyle WITHIN poverty than between the middle class and everyone else, poverty encompasses a nearly uncomprehensible range of outcomes, meanwhile, once you reach the middle class, your life expectancy and health cannot improve that much, and improvements are on how much luxury you consume ajd how much free time you have
No idea with India at all but if <1% and the highest rate has the same shade to a kinda color blind guy like me something is off
so many people seeing kerala having 99% and saying that the bar is too low but then there’s bihar 💀
This might be useful for geoguessr
I’m guessing the density of population also reflects why this is right?
![[OC] Poverty in India](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1750100419_nurihxilqb7f1-1920x1024.png)
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Huh I’ve always found it interesting how unequal development is in the region. Though if I recall correctly the poverty rates used here are artificially low due to how the Indian government defines poverty.
But to be fair, they do have very extensive food programs to prevent starvation. That doesn’t really tell a full story when the leading party there has already said it’s given enough out and doesn’t seem to have plans on further improving conditions.
Interesting that Kashmir region has less poverty.
It’s important to be aware that the bar for poverty is set too low which is why you have states where 99% of the people aren’t poor, which doesn’t even happen in developed countries
Less than 1% poverty rate is unseen in the western world, where so many Indians are migrating to. It is clear that the bar set for “poverty” in this map is below any reasonable standard.
Which year is this data from? Did they provide a definition for poverty?
People have to understand that just because India has lower poverty lines than the richer nations, that they are NOT useless
There are so many degrees of poverty, and each one of them is worth tracking and see how much they decline
And progress in a certain poverty category still represents a massive improvement for its communities, even if they still remain poor, but on a higher level of poverty
Multidimensional poverty is the next step above extreme poverty, and the following one is the acute poverty line, and above that there is the moderate poverty line, and above that it’s the lower class line
There is more difference in lifestyle WITHIN poverty than between the middle class and everyone else, poverty encompasses a nearly uncomprehensible range of outcomes, meanwhile, once you reach the middle class, your life expectancy and health cannot improve that much, and improvements are on how much luxury you consume ajd how much free time you have
No idea with India at all but if <1% and the highest rate has the same shade to a kinda color blind guy like me something is off
so many people seeing kerala having 99% and saying that the bar is too low but then there’s bihar 💀
This might be useful for geoguessr
I’m guessing the density of population also reflects why this is right?
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