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Poverty As A Challenge
Question
Give an account of the interstate disparities in poverty in India.
Solution
Poverty in India also has another aspect dimension. The proportion of poor people is not the same in every state of India. These has been significant decline in poverty since independence. But although there has been reduction in poverty, the success rate of reducing poverty varies from state to state.
(i)States with Poverty ratio more than the national average: Assam, Bihar, Orissa, U.P. and Tripura are the most poverty ridden states of India. The poverty ratio in these states is much higher than the national average. Bihar and Orissa are the poorest states with poverty ratio of 43 and 47 respectively.
(ii)States with low poverty ratio: Haryana, Punjab, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, and J&K have very low precentage of population living below the poverty line.
(iii)States with poverty ratio less than the national average: There has been a significant decline in poverty ratio in Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and West Bengal. Recent studies show that in 20 states and union territories, the poverty ratio is less than the national average.
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Some More Questions From Poverty As A Challenge Chapter
Discuss the major reasons for poverty in India.
Identify the social and economic groups which are most vulnerable to poverty in India.
Give an account of the interstate disparities in poverty in India.
Describe global poverty trends.
Describe current government strategy of poverty alleviation.
What do you understand by human poverty?
Who are the poorest of the poor?
What are the main features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005?
Every __________ person is poor in India.
How many crore of people live in poverty in India?
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