The Government of India has set a target to bring down the proportion of people living below the poverty line to 10 per cent by 2012, in line with the targets under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by the United Nations.
Not easily quantifiable strengths A distinguishing characteristic of recent global assessment of future of India has been greater awareness and articulation of the strengths of India which are not easily quantifiable but are critical to the longer term prospects. I wish to draw your attention to some of the observations, in a summary form, without necessarily endorsing them.