AS CHINA DECLARES ITSELF FREE FROM EXTREME POVERTY; WHAT CAN INDIA LEARN FROM THIS?

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 2/27/2021 11:43:30 AM

The whole world is struck with awe as The People’s Republic Of China finally declared itself free from extreme poverty. A highly significant accolade that Xi’s authoritative regime has attained within its ruling period, though the seeds for this were sown decades ago. Despite all the negative limelight gathered by China recently, this single achievement stands by itself as one of its kind, as a firm example for all the developing nations across the globe. Contrary to it’s neighbouring nations in the South Asian subcontinent, China was successfully able to implement policies aimed towards efficient utilisation of its enormous manpower, quite a bit earlier than others, thus giving it a head lead into the manufacturing sector which it claims a majority of so rightfully at present. The rapid push in the manufacturing sector complimented with the loosened labour laws surely turned towards hardship and exploitation of the China’s labour force and environment, yet this cost was sufficient to bear the expense for developing a powerful nation, somewhat close to standing as a global superpower in just a matter of a few decades. It is astonishing, to say the least, how China managed to conquer the problem of extreme poverty with such a huge population given that a significant section of the world still suffers from extreme poverty. On an impressive not and interestingly enough, the benchmark set by China to determine the level of extreme poverty is at $2.30 per day, which is way above, and much more realistic than the standard poverty line set by the UN at $1.25 and that set by the World Bank at $1.90. Apparently, it is due for appreciation. Yet, we shouldn’t forget about the system of governance in China unanimously controlled by an authoritative single-party communist regime that allows no room for protests, democratic rights or defiance of government orders at no cost whatsoever. This is a crucial factor that wouldn’t allow nations like India with a sustainable democratic framework to rule out poverty sooner enough from their land, given the innumerable amount of obstacles and clearances combined with protests and agitations against almost every other government decision, which is witnessed as something very common and rightful in such nations. However, this does not rule out the possibility of eradicating poverty in the long run as the world moves towards a better standard of living for more and more people every year despite the pandemic having alarmed government and international authorities for an unprecedented rise in the levels of extreme poverty. India especially has a lot to achieve in this field as there is not even a proper database of the population falling below the poverty line, set unrealistically low to sustain a life with a bit of human dignity.

 

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