Kolkata has perhaps the lowest urban standard of living in the world. More than 70 percent of Kolkata’s people live at or below the poverty line. The average earnings of a family of five are $34 a month. More than 200,000 beggars compete for sidewalk space with 20,000 mostly unlicensed, hand-pulled rickshaws. Kolkata.

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