It is estimated that India has one third of the world’s poor. Recently, Tendulkar Committee Report has been published. This gives state wise change in poverty figure over the period 2004-05 and 1993-94. Given below is the table indicating this change state wise. As one notices, four of the top states where poverty has been reduced are from the North-East. However there are a few states where it appears poverty has gone up. These states are- Tripura, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Uttaranchal.
Poverty Head Count Ratio
|
State |
1993-94 |
2004-05 |
Decrease/ Increase(-) in Head count |
|
Manipur |
65.10 |
38.00 |
27.10 |
|
Arunachal |
54.50 |
31.10 |
23.40 |
|
Meghalaya |
35.20 |
16.10 |
19.10 |
|
Assam |
51.80 |
34.40 |
17.40 |
|
|
30.90 |
14.10 |
16.80 |
|
Karnataka |
49.50 |
33.40 |
16.10 |
|
Tamilnadu |
44.60 |
28.90 |
15.70 |
|
Jharkhand |
60.70 |
45.30 |
15.40 |
|
Andhra |
44.60 |
29.90 |
14.70 |
|
Jammu |
26.30 |
13.20 |
13.10 |
|
Haryana |
35.90 |
24.10 |
11.80 |
|
Himachal |
34.60 |
22.90 |
11.70 |
|
Kerala |
31.30 |
19.70 |
11.60 |
|
Nagaland |
20.40 |
9.00 |
11.40 |
|
|
47.80 |
38.10 |
9.70 |
|
All India |
45.30 |
37.20 |
8.10 |
|
Uttar |
48.40 |
40.90 |
7.50 |
|
Bihar |
60.50 |
54.40 |
6.10 |
|
Gujarat |
37.80 |
31.80 |
6.00 |
|
West |
39.40 |
34.30 |
5.10 |
|
Rajasthan |
38.30 |
34.40 |
3.90 |
|
Delhi |
15.70 |
13.10 |
2.60 |
|
Orissa |
59.10 |
57.20 |
1.90 |
|
Punjab |
22.40 |
20.90 |
1.50 |
|
|
50.90 |
49.40 |
1.50 |
|
Sikkim |
31.80 |
31.10 |
0.70 |
|
|
32.00 |
32.70 |
-0.70 |
|
Mizoram |
11.80 |
15.30 |
-3.50 |
|
Madhya |
44.60 |
48.60 |
-4.00 |
|
Goa |
20.80 |
25.00 |
-4.20 |
|
Tripura |
32.90 |
40.60 |
-7.70 |