Very Short Essay on Poverty in India (385 Words)
There is a plethora of studies on the extent of poverty in India. Ojha estimated that 190 million people constituting 44 per cent of total population lived below the poverty line in 1960-61.Out of 190 million, 184 million lived in rural areas as against 6 million in urban areas. Dundekar and Rath estimated that 40 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of urban population lived below the poverty line in 1960-61.Estimates of poverty by Dandekar and Rath were based on entire diet stand in a sharp contrast to Ojha’s estimates which are based on the food grains component (cereals and pulses) of the diet only. Minhas estimates that the proportion of poor declined from 65 per cent in 1956-57 to $6.6 per cent in 1967-68. Image…