Well said, Manuel. That is precisely the reason (the generation of non-agricultural jobs) why India has managed to reduce, for the first time in the history of the country, the absolute numbers of the poor, between 2004-5 and 2011-12 from 406 million to 268 million, a decrease of 168 million. The incidence of poverty had been declining in India for thirty years (until 2004-5), but the numbers of poor had barely fallen.
Dr Santosh Mehrotra
Phd (Econ.) Cambridge
Director-General, Institute of Applied Manpower Research,
Planning Commission of India
Tel 91 11 2778 3468
website: iamrindia.gov.in
Website: santoshmehrotra.web.officelive.com
Dr Santosh Mehrotra
Phd (Econ.) Cambridge
Director-General, Institute of Applied Manpower Research,
Planning Commission of India
Tel 91 11 2778 3468
website: iamrindia.gov.in
Website: santoshmehrotra.web.officelive.com
