The army of the ‘new poor’, struggling to return to pre-Covid occupations and income levels, is in danger of being stuck in a poverty trap, says a joint survey released on Tuesday. It estimated that the new poor constituted 21.2 per cent of the national population in June 2020, and now they constitute 14.8, which stands at 24.5 million people.
The army of the ‘new poor’, struggling to return to pre-Covid occupations and income levels, is in danger of being stuck in a poverty trap, says a joint survey released on Tuesday. It estimated that the new poor constituted 21.2 per cent of the national population in June 2020, and now they constitute 14.8, which stands at 24.5 million people.
