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This is a list of states and union territories of India ranked according to poverty as of 2022 (2021–22) as hosted by NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals dashboard; and Reserve Bank of India's 'Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy'.
To constitute India's 17th Lok Sabha, general elections were held in April–May 2019. The results were announced on 23 May 2019. The main contenders were two alliance groups of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and the opposition United Progressive Alliance led by the Indian National Congress.
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) – a United Nations agency, unemployment is rising in India and the "unemployment rate in the country [India] will stand at 3.5 percent in 2018 and 2019 – the same level of unemployment seen in 2017 and 2016", instead of dropping to 3.4 per cent as it had previously projected. [54]
In its annual report of 2012, the Reserve Bank of India named the state of Goa as having the least poverty of 5.09% while the national average stood at 21.92% [7] The table below presents the poverty statistics for rural, urban and combined percentage below poverty line (BPL) for each State or Union Territory. [7]
Pages in category "2019 Indian general election by state or union territory" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Members of the State Legislative Assembly, the only house of State Legislature in 40 states and 5 union territories of India and the lower house of 6 states, are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India enlisted in the voter list of their respective state/union territory, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies.
Election year Lok Sabha Total seats Turnout Party in government Seats won by the ruling party Margin of majority Percentage in the Lok Sabha Seats controlled by coalition Prime Minister 1951–52: First: 489 44.87% Indian National Congress: 364 120 74.48% Jawaharlal Nehru: 1957: Second: 494 45.44% 371 123 75.10% 1962: Third: 55.42% 361 113 73.08%
GSDP is the sum of all value added by industries within each state or union territory and serves as a counterpart to the national gross domestic product (GDP). [1] As of 2011 [update] , the Government accounted for about 21% of the GDP followed by agriculture with 21% and corporate sector at 12%.