Inter-State Disparities - Concepts - Chapter 3 Class 9 Economics - Poverty as a Challenge - Economics

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Interstate Disparities

  • Poverty in India also has another aspect or dimension.

  • The proportion of poor people is not the same in every state.

  • The success rate of reducing poverty varies from state to state.

  • Recent estimates show while the India Head Count Ratio (HCR) was 21.9 percent in 2011-12 states like Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Odisha had above-all India poverty levels.

  • As the above graph shows, Bihar and Odhisha continue to be the two poorest states with poverty ratios of 33.7 and 32.6 percent respectively.

  • States like Punjab and Haryana have traditionally succeeded in reducing poverty with the help of high agricultural growth rates.

  • Kerala has focused more on human resource development.

  •  In West Bengal , land reform measures have helped in reducing poverty.

  • In Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu public distribution of food grains could have been responsible for the improvement.
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