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indian poor grow hungrier under Modi as economy slows

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Data released last week shows that India’s economy expanded by just 4.5 percent between July and September, its sixth consecutive quarter of slowing growth. The new figures represent a stunning decline: The country’s GDP was growing by more than 9 percent at the start of 2016, and by 8.1 percent as recently as early 2018.

While national growth statistics rarely mean much to individual citizens, other indicators point to a struggling economy. The unemployment rate stood at around 7.5 percent in November, with a record-low 42 percent labor participation rate. As a result, consumer demand has weakened, leading to a perpetual cycle of slowing manufacturing, production, investment, and job creation. 

Answer 2

Indian poor grow hungrier under Modi as economy slows

Low-income families cut back on food spending as unemployment rises;

In Kamlesh Devi’s kitchen the only food is a fistful of pungent red chillies, a few wilted carrots, some oil and a big container of subsidised flour.

Until three years ago, the 40-year-old landless labourer and mother of five in rural Rajasthan seemed to be clawing her way up in the world — but India’s economic downturn has hit her family’s diet.

“Earlier we ate vegetables every day, and lentils on most days. Now sometimes there is not even a vegetable in the house,” she said.

When India’s economy was buoyant, her husband had steady work in the construction industry, while she cleaned homes. The couple borrowed Rs200,000 ($2,800) to improve their rudimentary village house.

These days, though, Ms Devi feels herself slipping back into the kind of grinding poverty she thought she had left behind.

With India’s real estate sector beset by troubles, her husband is often without work. Her own wages are consumed by debt repayment and school fees. Cash for nutritious food is in short supply, leaving the family to subsist mainly on rotis — Indian flatbread — seasoned with tiny quantities of vegetables or chilli.

“We buy fresh milk as and when we can afford it, but there are lots of times when we do not even have enough milk for tea,” said Ms Devi, whose hand-me-down refrigerator stands empty.

“The doctor has advised my husband to eat one egg every day, but we cannot afford it,” she said.

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