Comments by "nrusimha11" (@nrusimha11) on "UNDP-Oxford Poverty Report: why it’s good news for India, BJP-Congress fight u0026 why both are right" video.

Important CTC. The most important news in my opinion is that the traditional lower income states are catching up. This is not the only big and positive change happening in India. Economists have to put the poverty numbers in context with the remarkable improvements in direct benefits transfer efficiency and the overall improvement in efficiency in many things like infrastructure, which improve productivity and ultimately incomes.
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Urban poverty and rural poverty are not the same. Urban poverty is much harsher. Also, making the big cities into further bigge rcities is not the answer, in my opinion. Smaller populations centers have to be smartly planned around employment opportunities in a "Gati Shakti' kind of synergy philosophy where spatially distributed production feeds larger hubs. The population centers will need to provide quality of life (connectivity, schools, parks, culture) so that everybody does not flock to the big cities. Ministry of housing and urban development have their work cut out.
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