poverty in India - can Science help?

Dear All

Please see this article that had appeared in SCIENCE magazine recently:

Pallava Bagla and Richard Stone

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With 400 million people earning less than $1.25 per day, India is home to a
staggering one-third of the world's poor. Can scientists do more to lift people out
of poverty?

A Role for Science in Poverty Alleviation?
<http://app.aaas-science.org/e/er?s=1906&lid=31117&elq=4cf94d6aa4ae43a8a50359b7eb150246> 

Sowdhamini