According to the 2011 Census, India has 1.2 Billion people, so that rules out any mathematical impossibility. $1 a day may seem extreme but in reality it's not

According to the 2011 Census, India has 1.2 Billion people, so that rules out any mathematical impossibility. $1 a day may seem extreme but in reality it's not quite as ridiculous as you suggest. In 2005, the World Bank estimated that 42% of India's population lived on $1.25 or less per day. In the interim years, the urban poor saw a 3.6% increase in income inequality and the rural 1.3%. The issue of minimum wage in India is complicated, not all wage-earners get the either the national or state-level minimum wage (and women are disproportionally excluded). This article covers it in detail: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---travail/documents/publication/wcms_145336.pdf http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---pro...