Poverty worry rules at CMs146; conclave

Vice-president Hamid Ansari said on Friday that defeating poverty remains the biggest challenge for India and called upon the states to pursue the goal of equitable distribution advocated by Mahatma Gandhi. 8220;Dadabhai Naoroji had said 8216;The greatest question before you 8212; the question of all questions is the poverty of India. It is the rock ahead.8217; A century later, the rock continues to exist,8221; Ansari said at the Chief Ministers8217; conclave organised by the India Today group.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram said: 8220;There is no doubt in my mind that in my lifetime we can abolish abject poverty if we can sustain our high growth levels for another 20 years.8221;