POVERTY

 

  • Following Elements mainly affect the magnitude of the POVERTY ration
    • The Nutrition norm in the
    • Price deflator used to update the Poverty Line
    • Pro rata adjustment in the number of households in different expenditure classes to determine the number of households below and above poverty line.
  • Agricultural wage earners, small and marginal farmers and casual workers engaged in non-agricultural activities constitute the bulk of the rural poor

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CPI

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation announced that the new series of Consumer Price Index(CPI)  numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined (Rural +Urban) on base 2010 ( January to December)=100 taking all segments of rural and urban Population for the month of January, 2011 will be released by the  Central Statistics Office for the States/UTs and all- India on 18th February, 2011.These indices will be available for five major groups namely Food, beverages and tobacco; Fuel and Light; Housing; Clothing, bedding and footwear, and Miscellaneous.

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Land reforms

  • In rural India, land is the single most important productive asset owned by the people

Why are Land reforms needed?

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