This paper seeks to provide a profile of social group disparities and poverty in India, where social groups are …

continuing controversy in India over poverty lines, we use a framework that rigorously assesses the impact of growth on the poor … over a range of poverty lines. Using National sample Surveys on consumption expenditure, we show that while growth has …

, various studies concluded that economic growth was the most critical factor for reduction of incidence of poverty in the state … poised for a take-off to a high growth phase, almost similar to that at the national level. On the poverty dimension, however … National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), the standard source of data for poverty analysis in India by official and non …