Date:07/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/12/07/stories/2007120758092300.htm

Back Picture of misery

– K.K. Mustafah

A boy begs on the beach in Alappuzha. As per the estimates of the Planning Commission, poverty level in Kerala came down to 9.4 per cent in 1999-2000 from 25.73 per cent in 1993-94.