“The ordinary people of Gujarat have paid a heavy price for its economic growth,” says Rohini Hensman. “Gujarat has one of the highest poverty levels of all the Indian states. Huge swathes of land allocated to corporates have displaced lakhs of farmers, fishermen, pastoralists, agricultural workers, Dalits and Adivasis.... Gujarat has the highest prevalence of hunger and lowest human development indices among states with comparable per capita income, its implementation of NREGA is the worst among large states, and Muslims, ‘in particular, fare poorly on parameters of poverty, hunger, education and vulnerability on security issues” countercurrents.org/dube240314.htm
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:39:27 +0000
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