Abrar Hussain: United States President Donald Trump praised India at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) yesterday for successfully lifting millions of citizens out of poverty.
“There is India, a free society (of) over a billion people, successfully lifting countless millions out of poverty and into the middle class,” Trump said at the 73rd session of UNGA.
According to a UN report, India has made tremendous progress in pulling its people out of poverty. Over a 10-year period between 2005-06 and 2015-16, as many as 271 million people were lifted out of poverty, with the country’s poverty rate nearly halving falling from 55% to 28%.
Trump also praised Saudi Arabia for its “bold new reforms”.
“Many countries are pursuing their own unique visions, building their own hopeful futures, and chasing their own wonderful dreams of destiny, of legacy, and of a home. The whole world is richer,” Trump said. Source: WIO News
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