Jak uvedl indický premiér Manmóhan Singh na Mezinárodní konferenci o kastách a menšinách, která se konala v prosinci v Dillí: „Ačkoliv možná růst snižuje absolutní chudobu, nerovnosti se mohou ještě vyhrotit.
As Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh put it at the International Conference of Dalits and Minorities, held in New Delhi in December, “Even as absolute poverty may be reduced by growth, inequalities can get sharpened.