Heartland misery: Four states hosting 30% of Lok Sabha seats are among the poorest. That’s a message for India

The NDA government’s first attempt to estimate poverty has thrown up a dire picture of “multidimensional” poverty in Hindi heartland states of Bihar, Jharkhand, UP and MP. The South appears better placed. In 1991, on...

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