Panagariya, Arvind; Mukim, Megha - 2014
This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that no matter which of the two official … poverty lines is used, poverty has declined steadily in all states and for all social and religious groups. Accelerated growth … between fiscal years 2004-2005 and 2009-2010 led to an accelerated decline in poverty rates. Moreover, the decline in poverty …