Societies cannot progress if certain sections of people are left-out simply because they happen to be from the “wrong” class, caste, ethnic group, race or sex.

Illiteracy

如果仅仅因为某些人只因来自“错误”的阶层、种姓、种族、人种或性别而被排除在外，社会就无法进步。

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Population

人口

Population is clearly a factor contributing to, and sustaining, high levels of poverty. But the population control through one-child model would be a bad example to follow for the de ocratic India

人口显然是造成和持续高度贫穷的一个因素。通过独生子女模式控制人口，但对于民*的印度来说，这会是一个糟糕的榜样

Gender Inequality

性别不平等

Unequal Distribution of Wealth

财富分配不均

Rich Mumbai.

富裕的孟买

Poor Mumbai.

贫穷的孟买

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people. – Dr Manmohan Singh.

印度是一个有非常贫穷的人居住的富裕国家。-曼莫汉·辛格。

Corruption:-

Corruption and leakages in government schemes are widespread in India. Late Prime Minister Rajeev Gandhi had famously admitted that only about 15% money actually reaches the ultimate beneficiaries.

腐败

政府规划中的腐败和漏洞在印度非常普遍。已故印度总理拉吉夫•甘地曾有一句名言:实际上，只有大约15%的资金真正惠及最终受益人。

The Colonial Rule

"A significant fact which stands out is that those parts of India which have been longest under British rule are the poorest today." – Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India.

殖民统治

“一个非常值得注意的重要事实是，在英国统治下时间最长的印度地区如今是最贫穷的。”-贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁，印度第一任总理。

 外文链接：https://www.quora.com/Why-is-India-the-largest-poverty-country-in-world