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sharmilakantha
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India’s H1 exports come at a time of war. How do they compare to H1 2022-23 when another war had begun? Not too well
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The World Bank poverty rates are measured by data provided by the countries. India has not undertaken a poverty count since 2011-12. There are methodological changes. Subsidies have reduced extreme hunger / poverty. Is this massive shift at all credible?
IMPORTANT: World Bank Poverty and Equity Report October 2026: India has recorded one of the fastest poverty reductions in the world between 2011 and 2023, lifting an estimated 496 million people out of poverty.View quoted post on X
Extreme Poverty ($3.00/day, 2021 PPP): The share of the population living in extreme poverty dropped sharply from 27.1% to 2.6%.
Self-congratulatory comments from Indians on Chinese export controls boosting indigenous manufacturing miss the fact that components for the affected goods are also dominated by China. India may need to build entire supply chains at home!!
1/ Tunnel boring machines are the photolithography machines of construction ;p Most cost $10–100 million. Only a handful of firms can make more than a few tens a year. On Oct 19, China put them under export control. A thread on why this matters for India 🧵View quoted post on X