Poverty remains an issue in India even in 2012

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What is POVERTY???
Oxford dictionary defines poverty as, Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society

UN defines poverty as a denial of choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society. It means not having enough to feed and cloth a family, not having a school or clinic to go to, not having the land on which to grow ones food or a job to earn ones living, not having access to credit. It means insecurity, powerlessness and exclusion of individuals, households and communities. It means susceptibility to violence, and it often implies living on marginal or fragile environments, without access to clean water or sanitation

What About the Indian Govt??

The Planning Commission defines the Poverty line in India as a daily per capita income of Rs.28.35 in urban areas and Rs. 22.42 in rural areas

Really??

It hardly gets a family an average meal twice a day

Poverty in India
YEAR 1986-87 1990-91 1995-96 2000-01 2005-06 2011-12 % Population BPL 38 35.5 34.6 27.32 26.5 25.97

In Crore Rupees

12000000

10000000

2000000

4000000

6000000

8000000

0 1986-87

1987-88 1988-89
1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Year GDP Poverty

%BPL and GDP over time

 The GDP of India has risen almost ten times between 1986 and 2012. The percent of people living below the poverty line decreased from 40% to 25 %.

Is this a significant change??

GDP
12000000 11000000 10000000 9000000 8000000 GDP In Crore Rupees 7000000 6000000 GDP 5000000 4000000 3000000 2000000 1000000 0

Year

Income Disparity
1978
50 40 Income % 30 20 10 0 <20% 20-40% 40-60% 60-80% 80-100% Population Percent Income % 50 40 30 20 10 0 <20% 20-40% 40-60% 60-80% 80-100% Population Percent

1983

1994
45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 <20% 20-40% 40-60% 60-80% 80-100% Population Percent 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 <20% 20-40%

2005

Income %

Income %

40-60%

60-80%

80-100%

Population Percent

What can we infer from this data??

Though the Indian economy has grown considerably, the distribution of wealth has been uneven. A large number of people in this country are still poor.

How does it compare??

Why Poverty ???

population

Unemployment

Low productivity of Agro-sector

Major Causes
Ineffective Plan Implementatio n Income Disparity

Illiteracy

Sector-Wise Contributions
Employment Patterns of People Contribution to GDP

rest 10%
services 23% industry 14% agriculture 53% services 56%

agriculture 18%

industry 26%

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