Jishnu, Latha (2013) The Poverty quibble: Government claims a huge drop in poverty numbers but critical indicators - Health, malnutrition and wages - Continue to be grim. So how did the poor fare better? Down To Earth, Vol.22 (6). pp. 54-55. ISSN 0971-8079
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After a long, long time there was good news to splash as media led with the report of a record 21.9 per cent drop in poverty levels. The July 24 newspaper headlines were celebratory as they reported the Planning Commission’s findings that poverty rates had declined from 37.2 per cent for the country as a whole in 2004-05. Even better was the sharp decline in rural poverty from 41.8 per cent to 25.7 per cent, while urban dipped from 25.7 per cent to 13.7 per cent. In sum, 137 million Indians were lifted out of poverty over the seven-year period.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Class Number: | India, Poverty, GOI, Health, Disease, Wages, BPL, Social Issues, Social Security |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2022 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Feb 2022 04:29 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/10980 |
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