Poverty has declined

Poverty in India has declined from 407.1 millions below poverty line in the year 2004-5 to 269.3 million the year 2011-12. In urban areas the reduction is from 326.3 million to 216.5 millions in those years. And in rural areas also the decline in poverty is considerable from  80.8 million to 52.8 millions. The decline in poverty comes from the fact that there is increase in real per capita consumption. Poverty decline is derived from the fact that there is increase in monthly per capita consumption expenditure. It can also mean that the people are spending more on food for consumption because they have to. Costs of food has increased too. These figures cannot explain the realities. The fact is that cost of living has increased several times more. Compared the period 1993-4 to 2004-5, there is three times poverty reduction. Life is tough for all people rural and urban. Massive migration from rural to urban areas does show that people are moving to seek employment to get food. These migrations reflect the realities of poverty. When they come to urban areas, they do not have ready-made jobs. They work as construction site workers, as servants as manual labor (coolies) as cooks, as sweepers. To make a living in urban India is very very tough. And no poverty figures can describe the plight of such people.Life in India is cruel for the weak people. But the rich upper classes enjoy beautiful India. The poor struggle for drinking water, basic food, electricity, decent homes, medical care and schools for their children. Poverty figures do not show that, there are no statistics to describe their plight.Life is very very tough for the simple people of India.