Why nostalgic ? Half the country is still living in extreme poverty unless you believe planning commission definition that ₹ 32 / day ( 26 in rural)! is adequa

Why nostalgic ? Half the country is still living in extreme poverty unless you believe planning commission definition that ₹ 32 / day ( 26 in rural)! is adequate not to be in poverty. By any reasonable metric for example World Bank's lower middle income baseline of $3.20/ day we would have more than 50% of the country considered living in extreme poverty.