| Question | Compare India and China on the basis of (i) People below Poverty Line (ii) Growth Rate of Population and (iii) Growth rate of Gross Domestic Product. |
| Chapter | Comparative Development Experiences of India and its Neighbours |
| Class | Class 12 |
| Subject | Economics (Indian Economic Development) |
| Category | Indian Economic Development Class 12 Sandeep Garg Solutions |
Question – Compare India and China on the basis of (i) People below Poverty Line (ii) Growth Rate of Population and (iii) Growth rate of Gross Domestic Product.
Answer –
(i) People below Poverty Line: Pakistan(46.4) is a bit ahead of India(60.4) and reducing proportion of people below poverty line. whereas China(7.0) has the lowest number of people below poverty line. The reason is major population of China is employed in the secondary and tertiary sector which indicates that China is a developed nation.
(ii) Growth Rate of Population: In Spite of being the most populous country in the world, China’s population growth rate (0.47%) is lower than India (1.7%) and Pakistan (2.5%). The reason behind the lowest growth rate of population is the “One Child Policy” introduced by China in 1979. It has successfully reduced the rate of population growth from 1.33 % in 1979 to 0.64% in 2005 and further 0.47% in the recent past.
(iii) Growth rate of Gross Domestic Product: When many developed countries were finding it difficult to maintain a growth rate of even 5%, China was able to maintain near double-digit growth for more than two decades. Until 1980, the economies of India, China and Pakistan were growing slowly about 4% per annum.
(A) There was a marginal rise in China’s growth rate from 10.3% to 10.9%
(B) Pakistan also experienced a marginal rise from 5.3% to 5.8%
(C) Indians experienced a substantial rise from 5.7% to 7.8 %.
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