Marginal declines

Poverty level in India declines: report 20 March 2012

Poverty ratio in Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttarakhand has declined by about 10 percentage points and more. The number of poor in India has declined by 7.3 percentage points to 29.8 per cent...

Keywords: specific urban poverty lines, urban poverty, Tendulkar Committee report, urban poverty

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