Suffering in India has doubled in recent years: Gallup poll

November 27, 2013 09:42

Suffering in India has more than doubled in recent years with one in every four Indian reported to be bearing the brunt of the nation's poor economic performance in recent years, a Gallup poll has said.

Increase in sufferings in India has also resulted in increase in sufferings in South Asia, the latest report from the American opinion poll agency said.

"Average suffering in India more than doubled between 2006 to 2008 and 2010 to 2012. In 2012, a full quarter of Indians were suffering," it said.

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