This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that regardless of which of the two official poverty lines the authors use, they see a steady decline in poverty in all states and for all social and religious groups. Accelerated growth between fiscal years 2004–2005 and 2009-2010 also led to an accelerated decline in poverty rates. Moreover, the decline in poverty rates during these years has been sharper for the socially disadvantaged...
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A comprehensive analysis of poverty in India
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international food policy research institute
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Mukim,Megha; Panagariya,Arvind.
A comprehensive analysis of poverty in India (Vol. 1 of 2) (English). Author accepted manuscript Washington, DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/847861468257945118