Maharashtra is among the richest states in India in terms of per capita income, yet incidence of poverty in the state …, however, not spread equally across social groups or regions, which partly explains prevalence of high poverty compared to …, rural poverty has reduced from 38 per cent in 1993-4 to around 24 per cent in 1999-2000. Given current investment flows, the …

This paper presents a few of the latest statistics on income poverty, growth and inequality, and makes a case about the … need not only to monitor current poverty, but also to reduce future poverty. An assessment of the trends in household … vulnerability to income poverty is made for the years 2000, 2003, and 2006. Measurement of household vulnerability is based on the …

poverty in rural India. This shows the potential for achieving the much-debated 10% aggregate real GDP growth in the Indian …