Today, more than 25% of India’s population sits below the Indian Government’s own poverty line of 30 rupees a day. The World Health Organisation’s poverty line it set at US$1 a day. | Link |

5 March 2008: Jatai, a resident of Ghoorpatti village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, lost five members of her family, one after another, over a period of about 18 months. She says they all died from hunger. BBC News | Link |