In this paper, the author analyses the trends in poverty and inequality from 2004-05 to 2007-08 using NSSO data. Statewise figures for the rise in the monthly per capita consumption expenditure and the corresponding reduction in poverty in rural and urban areas have been estimated to examine the...

This paper aims to identify the poor households in terms of the levels of poverty and inequality by using income data from the nation-wide ‘National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure (NSHIE-2004-05)’ of the NCAER. The definition used by the Tendulkar Committee (41.8 per cent poor in...