What has driven India’s poverty reduction?

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Fifty-five% Indians were classified as poor by the MPI methodology in 2005-06. India halved its poverty rate in the next 10 years. In absolute terms, the number of poor fell from 630 million to 360 million during this period. The decrease in poverty headcount has been driven mostly by an improvement in living standards, through better availability of material goods such as cooking fuel, sanitation facilities, and household assets.



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[FONT=&quot]India’s rapid strides in fighting poverty have made it the country with the lowest poverty ratio in the sub-continent. Sri Lanka is most likely ahead of India. While comparable data for Sri Lanka is not available in the latest MPI database, the 2010 numbers show that only Sri Lanka has a poverty rate of only 5%, a stark outlier among the South Asian countries.

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[prasad1]

There is a large disparity in the population living in poverty across the country. The four poorest states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh comprise 196 million poor people, over half the number of poor people across the country.

While 52.2 % of the population in Bihar is classified as poor in 2015-16, the corresponding proportion for Kerala is a minuscule 1.1%. While the number of poor has decreased across all states, what is striking is the rate of poverty reduction is greatest for the states that already have a lower poverty to begin with. Kerala showed a relative annualised decrease in poverty headcount of 22.2% between 2005-06 and 2015-16, highest among all Indian states.

Reetika Khera, associate professor, economics, at IIM Ahmedabad, said that the states that have shown a greater commitment to investment in welfare schemes, such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh unsurprisingly have a higher rate of poverty reduction in this period.

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[CHANDRU1849]

First population is the primary reason.

Secondly, people from States like TN, Kerala have widespread migration to States like KN, MH, Delhi, grabbing the employment opportunities, denying fair amount of share for UP, Bihar people.

 

[prasad1]

First population is the primary reason.

Secondly, people from States like TN, Kerala have widespread migration to States like KN, MH, Delhi, grabbing the employment opportunities, denying fair amount of share for UP, Bihar people.

I do not agree that that is the reason for poverty.
If smart people migrated to UP, Bihar etc then poverty should be lower and not higher.
If smarter people moved out of UP, Bihar etc them only the poverty level of those states will increase.

This statistics is compiled without considering the state of origin.

 

[CHANDRU1849]

I do not agree that that is the reason for poverty.
If smart people migrated to UP, Bihar etc then poverty should be lower and not higher.
If smarter people moved out of UP, Bihar etc them only the poverty level of those states will increase.

This statistics is compiled without considering the state of origin.

What do you mean by smart?

If smart people, especially from Kerala, move to other States, the poverty of migrant will only be reduced, buying properties in home state, investment etc., and not the local people. Are Scientists, Economists, Industrialists are migrating? It is the people who are meant for paperwork.

The political outfit Shiv Sena was formed only because of this.

 

[tbs]

hi

the numbers are mere numbers.....even like developed countries like USA....there are a lot of homeless/poor ppl here in USA...

the statistics are just eye wash....in reallity....more ppl are becoming more poor and many rich ppl are more riches...

india is rich county....but indians are still poor..