Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- I. Poverty in India: Conceptualization and Methodological Issues -- 1 The Challenge of … Poverty: An Overview -- 2 Conceptualizing Poverty -- 3 Estimation of Poverty -- 4 Poverty Profile of India -- 5 Growth …, Inequality and Poverty Eradication -- 6 Labor Market and Poverty -- 7 Government Initiatives for Poverty Eradication -- II …