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Poverty line (in Rs 0.00) per person per month as available from Planning Commission |
| Poverty Line (in Rs.0.00) per person per month as available from Planning Commission, Expert Group and Planning Commission modified recently | | | | Year | | Planning commission | Planning commission modified | Expert group | | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | | 1973-74 | Poverty Line | 49.1 | 56.6 | - | - | 49.63 | 56.96 | | | HCR* | 56.44 | 49.23 | 56.64 | 49.01 | 56.44 | 49.23 | | 1977-78 | Poverty Line | 62.1 | 71.65 | - | - | 56.84 | 72.5 | | | HCR* | 51.2 | 38.2 | 53.07 | 45.24 | 53.07 | 47.4 | | 1983 | Poverty Line | 101.7 | 117.34 | - | - | 89.45 | 117.64 | | | HCR* | - | - | | | - | - | | 1987-88 | Poverty Line | 131.8 | 152.1 | - | - | 115.43 | 165.68 | | | HCR* | 33.4 | 20.1 | 39.09 | 38.2 | 39.06 | 40.12 | | 1993-94 | Poverty Line | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | HCR* | 19.24 | 10.11 | 37.27 | 32.36 | 37.27 | 33.66 | | * Head Count Ratio | | Source: 1. Government of India, Planning Commission (1993) Report of the Expert Group on 'Estimation of Proportion and Number of Poor' | | 2. Government of India, Planning Commission (1997) Press Release on Estimate of Poverty, Perspective Planning Division, New Delhi, 11th March | | | | (Table Published in : Joshi, P.D., "Conceptualisation, Measurement and Dimensional Aspects of Poverty in India", presented at the Seminar on Poverty Statistics, Santiago, May 1997) |
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