It describes some interesting facts about rapid poverty reduction in India.

1. Rapid Poverty Reduction In India
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2. • India is a nation with over 300 million
poor people
• India has successfully reduced the share
of the poor in the population by 27.4
percentage points from 54.9 in 1973 to
27.5 in 2004

3. • Some States have been particularly
successful in reducing the share of the
poor in the total population
• In 2004–05, the States with the lowest
Headcount Ratio (HCR) were J&K (5.4%),
Punjab (8.4%), Himachal Pradesh (10%),
Haryana (14%), Kerala (15%), Andhra
Pradesh (15.8%), and Gujarat
(16.8%)

4. • States with highest HCR were Orissa
(46.4%), Bihar (41.4%), Madhya Pradesh
(38.3%), and Uttar Pradesh (32.8%)
• In Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra
and Nagaland the absolute numbers of the
poor in the population has actually
increased over the last three decades

5. • Overall, the number of poor in rural areas
in the country as a whole has declined
from 2613 lakhs in 1973 to 2209 lakhs in
2004–05
• But in urban areas the numbers of the
poor has gone on increasing from 600.5
lakhs in 1973 to 808.0 lakhs in 2004–05

6. • Among social groups, SCs, STs, and
backward castes accounted for 80% of the
rural poor in 2004–05

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