India eliminated extreme poverty for the first time since independence

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India eliminates extreme poverty

 

Surjit S. Bhalla and Karan Bhasin

March 1, 2024

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• Data now confirms that India has eliminated extreme poverty.
• India should now graduate to a higher poverty line, which would provide an opportunity to redefine existing social protection programs in order to give greater support to the genuine poor. 

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/india-eliminates-extreme-poverty/ 

 

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Deliberately took thousands of rupees from fake 7 day loan apps and didn't pay back any of it.

Deliberately took thousands of rupees from fake 7 day loan apps and didn't pay back any of it.

Business/Finance

WARNING: THIS IS JUST ME SHARING MY EXPERIENCE. IF YOU WISH TO DO THIS, IT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK

I made some stupid decisions and ended up in a tight financial situations, things are better now.

When legit NBFCs weren't giving me loans, in desperation I turned to these fake loan apps. Of course they went on their whole thing of if you don't pay us we'll share explicit photos to your contact list.

I paid some of them but what these people did was creat loans in other apps and say I need to pay those. When I couldn't they showed me an evidently photoshopped picture and which contacts they sent it too. I messaged those contacts explaining the situation, they said they didn't receive anything.

I realized that these entities largely rely on threats to get their money and don't follow through most of the time.

I decided to go on every fake loan app when the need came, borrow and delete immediately.

I went onto Truecaller and aciviated immediate blocking of foreign numbers as they largely use these. I also updated WhatsApp to reject calls from unknown numbers. I would immediately block contacts which messaged me on WhatsApp.

This is the pattern I observed. They will start contacting you on the fifth day not even the 7th. For two to three days they are persistent will call and message from different numbers and make all their threats. It then gradually reduced and would stop completely within a week.

I realized its best not to engage with them at all for your own sanity. Once they realize you are just a brick wall and won't get money from you, they will move on.