Poverty And India

Sir I am making a project on the poverty and India so I want to know that what are the poverty static in India? Who is responsible to calculate the static of poverty in India

[Pathak]

Hey buddy the Poverty is general scarcity, dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.

It is a multifaceted concept, which includes social, economic, and political elements. Poverty may be defined as either absolute or relative.

In India, the Planning Commission is the premier agency for conducting research and analysis on the poverty data and statistics and presenting these to the public.
The Planning Commission of India periodically estimates poverty lines and poverty ratios for each year

As per the survey conducted in 2011-2012, the percentage of persons below the Poverty
Line in India for the year 2011-12 has been estimated as 25.7% in rural areas, 13.7% in
urban areas and 21.9% for the country as a whole.

Poverty Statistics

Social indicators

Population, total (2014) 1,267,401,849.0
Population growth (annual %) (2014) 1.2
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) (2014) 426.3
Rural population (2014) 857,194,567.0
Rural population density (rural population per sq. km of arable land) 0.0
Rural population (% of total population) (2014) 67.6
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) (2013) 20.4
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) (2013) 7.9
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (2013) 41.4
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) (2013) 52.7
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) (2013) 66.5
Labor force, total (2013) 481,235,954.0
Labor force, female (% of total labor force) (2013) 24.2

Poverty indicators

Number of rural poor (million, approximate) (2014) 220,299,003.7
Rural poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of rural population) (2011) 25.7
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) (2011) 21.9
Income share held by lowest 20% (2009) 8.5
Education
School enrollment, primary (% gross) (2012) 114.1
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) (2006) 62.8


Economic Indicators

GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) (2014) 1,610.0
GDP (current US$) (2014) 2,066,902,397,333.3
GDP per capita growth (annual %) (2014) 6.1
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) (2014) 6.4
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) (2014) 17.0
Industry, value added (% of GDP) (2014) 30.1
Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) (2014) 17.0
Services, etc., value added (% of GDP) (2014) 53.0
General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) (2014) 11.7
Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (% of GDP) (2014) 59.2
Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) (2014) 29.0

Health

Health expenditure, total (% of GDP) (2013) 4.0
Physicians (per 1,000 people) (2012) 0.7
Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access) (2012) 90.7
Improved sanitation facilities, rural (% of rural population with access) (2012) 24.7
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) (2013) 0.3