UN's poverty index shows 41% of Gujarat is poor: Congress

April 01, 2014 11:33

Maharashtra Congress said the United Nations' multi-dimensional poverty index developed in 2013 showed that 41 per cent of people in Gujarat were poor.

"Out of 41 per cent of the poor, 18.5 per cent live in severe poverty. How can a state where every fifth person lives in abject poverty and 41 per cent in poverty claim to be a model for anyone," Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee spokesman Sachin Sawant said at a press conference.

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