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Poverty in India 963 million people around the world are living in hunger, 923 million people are malnourished, about 5.6 million children die each year from malnutrition and one-third of the world’s poverty is just in India. India has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, that’s why so many wonder why their poverty rate isn’t decreasing faster. The majority of Indians are living off of an average of 2 dollars per day, most living in villages and farm lands live off of less. I will discuss some of the reasons why they are facing such poverty and why so many have trouble succeeding. There are many reasons why India’s poverty rate is so high. One is because of the rapidly increasing population of India. Just 20 years ago the population was 800,000 million now that number is at over 1.2 billion people. The U.N estimates that 17 million are added to the population each year. With so many already not having enough to eat, that demand for goods continues to rise at an alarming rate. It is very disturbing for me to read that most couples have 3 or more children while knowing that over half of the children in India are malnourished. That can coincide with my next point, that traditions and social factors play a big part in all this. In the book The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen, he stated that “… issues of individual’s rights and liberties have figures in discussions elsewhere as well, not least in the context of emphasizing the importance of the individual’s rights of decision-making..”. The most powerful and progressive countries in the world have managed to keep their tradition but also continue to develop and move forward as a country. India’s caste systems and many of their traditions hinders the progression. Many agree that India’s class system is one of the main factors that are slowing their decreasing poverty. Scheduled caste is the legal name for the lowest status that an Indian can have. They were known previously as


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