Briefly discuss the various estimates of poverty in India.

Solution

The number of poor is very large in India. Several organisations and economists have prepared their estimates on the extent of poverty in India.

According to P.D. Ojha (1960-61), about 184 million people in rural areas and 6 million people in urban areas were living below the poverty line.

According to Dandekar and Rath, about 40 percent of the rural population and nearly 50 percent of the urban population lived below the poverty line.

According to World Bank (1988), about 42.5 percent of the total population lived below the poverty line in 1983 which declined to 39.6 percent in 1988. In 1999-2000 more than three fourth of the poor in India reside in villages.

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