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Estimates of Incidence of Poverty in India

Estimates of Incidence of Poverty in India

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Year	Poverty ratio (%)			Number of poor (million)
Year	Rural	Urban	Combined	Rural	Urban	Combined
1973-74	56.4	49	54.9	261.3	60	321.3
1977-78	53.1	45.2	51.3	264.3	64.6	328.9
1983	45.7	40.8	44.5	252	70.9	322.9
1987-88	39.1	38.2	38.9	231.9	75.2	307.1
1993-94	37.3	32.4	36	244	76.3	320.3
1999-00	27.1	23.6	26.1	193.2	67.1	260.3
2007*	21.1	15.1	19.3	170.5	49.6	220.1
* Poverty projection for 2007
Source: Tenth Five Year Plan, Vol. 1, Planning Commission

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