Best way to counter poverty is to forget poor: Ex-JNU prof
Attending the Jaipur Literature Festival as a speaker, former Jawaharlal Nehru University professor and sociologist Dipankar Gupta said, "The best way to solve the problem of poverty is to forget the poor." Stating that policies should be framed to benefit the entire society instead of specific sections, Gupta added that the private sector will perform better in a competitive economy.