• ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com
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    8 months ago

    All but eliminates would be more accurate but still extremely surprising to me. I can’t say I’m a fan of the rising tension in India between Hindus and Muslims stoked on by Modi but they’re obviously delivering great results in combatting inequality and lifting people of out poverty.

    The most encouraging numbers in there were for sure the decline in the Gini coefficient, most countries see worsening inequality so it’s very encouraging to see a nation as large as India being able to combat it.

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      8 months ago

      Yeah, that is amazing.

      Also this seems incredible:

      As an example, rural access to piped water in India as of 15th August 2019 was 16.8% and at present it is 74.7%.

      A lot of pipes in a very short time?!

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        8 months ago

        I don’t know how they define “piped water” but I would bet it means “ran a pipe from the river into town” so that it doesn’t have to be carried in buckets a long way, not domestic water supplies.

        But just building it once doesn’t mean they’ll maintain it, either. It doesn’t mean much if it falls apart a few years from now.

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        8 months ago

        Sounds similar to what we need to do in America(except repairs/replacements also). It revitalizes economies to have all those workers in their area for such a time lol

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      8 months ago

      For me it was more like 2010 2015 2020 2025 (¿?)

      If they got there asses in gear, mobilized their unemployed into public programs and works construction they really would be a forced to be reckoned with.

      Source: I’m high on Ambien and have no clue if that suggestion would even move the needle.