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PROBLEM FIVE / HIGH POVERTY RATE, LACK OF FINANCIAL & HEALTH CARE IN RURAL - TRIBAL AREAS
Some Shocking Facts
27 Crore
27,00,00,000 INDIANS ARE POOR WHICH
MEANS ONE IN FIVE INDIANS IS POOR
50% OF VILLAGES
HAVE NO ACCESS TO
HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS
80% OF INDIA'S POOR
LIVE IN RURAL
AREAS. ABOUT 50%
RURAL PEOPLE LIVE
BELOW POVERTY
LINE
IN 2017, INDIA HAS AN
OFFICIAL POVERTY RATE
WHICH IS 22% OF THE
POPULATION AT THE RATE
OF RS 30 A DAY. AT THE
MORE GENEROUS WORLD
BANK LEVELS OF RS 80 A
DAY, INDIA'S EXTREME
POOR JUMP TO 32.68% OR
APPROX 40 CRORE
PEOPLE WHICH IS ABOUT
10 CRORE GREATER THAN
THE TOTAL POPULATION
OF THE USA
IN 2004, INDIA REPORTED
HIGHEST NUMBER OF 18,241
FARMER SUICIDES. MORE
THAN 23,000 FARMERS HAVE
COMMITTED SUICIDE IN
MAHARASHTRA BETWEEN
2009 AND 2016
NEARLY 70% OF INDIA’S 9 CRORE
AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS SPEND
MORE THAN THEY EARN ON AVERAGE
EACH MONTH, PUSHING THEM
TOWARDS DEBT
WHICH IS NOW THE
PRIMARY REASON IN
MORE THAN HALF
OF ALL SUICIDES
Source: Indian Human Development Survey, National Crime Records Bureau, World Bank, Wikipedia