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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Raj fares well, registers 9% decline in poverty-Anindo Dey

Raj fares well, registers 9% decline in poverty-Anindo Dey

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published Published on Mar 25, 2012   modified Modified on Mar 25, 2012

No. Of People Below Poverty Line Dips To 24.8% From 34.4%

In Rajasthan, if you earn more than Rs 846 per month (Rs 28.20 per day) in urban areas and Rs 755 per month (Rs 25.16 per day) in rural areas, then you are not below poverty line. The data was released by the Planning Commission on Monday.

This is a jump from Rs 568.15 per month (Rs 18.93 per day) in urban areas and Rs 478 per month (Rs 15.23 per day) in rural areas for 2004-05.

The poverty line figures for the state are marginally higher, especially in urban areas, compared to the national figures of Rs 672.80 per month (Rs 22.43) in rural areas and Rs 859.6 per month (Rs 28.65 per day) in urban area.

While the data shows that poverty has significantly reduced, there’s debate on the Commission further lowering the poverty line figures from the earlier Rs 32 per day in towns and Rs 26 per day in rural areas.

As per the estimates released by the Planning Commission for 2009-10, over 24 lakh people have come out of the poverty line in Rajasthan since 2004-05. In 2004-05, a total of 34.4 % of the state’s population (estimated at 5.65 crore under Census 2011) was below the poverty line, which has now come down to 24.8 %.

Significantly, the decline in the number of persons below the poverty line in the state has been more or less evenly spread across the rural and urban areas. In the rural area, the poverty line figure stands at 26.4 %, a drop of 9.4 % from 35.8 % in 2004-05. In the urban centres, it is 19.9 %, a drop of 9.8 % from 29.7 % in 2004-05.

According to experts, “The decline in poverty level has been significant when compared to other states in the BIMARU category. Though Bihar, UP and Chhattisgarh have also shown a decline in poverty but the rate has been very slow. In Bihar, the total percentage of people below the poverty line is 53.5 %, for Uttar Pradesh it is 37.7 % and Chhattisgarh 48.7 %. Compared to these states, Rajasthan has recorded a 9% dip in poverty levels which is significant.”

Also, the MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) has fared well in the state in the initial years pumping in a lot of money in rural areas.

However, according to the data, poverty amongst religious groups is one of the highest for Muslims, especially in urban areas, in the state. In Rajasthan, about 29.5 % Muslims living in urban areas are below the poverty line.

The Times of India, 21 March, 2012, http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIJ/2012/03/21&PageLabel=5&Entity


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