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This is a list of states and union territories of India ranked according to poverty as of ... Tamil Nadu: 2.90 1.41 1.43 4 Sikkim: ... Uttar Pradesh: 26.35 11.57 17. ...
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]
Himachal Pradesh: 0.652 4 Goa: 0.617 5 Punjab: 0.605 6 Northeast India: 0.573 7 Maharashtra: 0.572 8 Tamil Nadu: 0.570 9 Haryana: 0.552 10 Jammu and Kashmir: 0.542 11 Gujarat: 0.527 12 Karnataka: 0.519 – National average 0.513 13 West Bengal: 0.492 14 Uttarakhand: 0.490 15 Andhra Pradesh: 0.473 17 Rajasthan: 0.434 18 Uttar Pradesh: 0.380 19 ...
Uttar Pradesh has more than 45 universities, [255] including six central universities, twenty eight state universities, eight deemed universities, two IITs in Varanasi and Kanpur, AIIMS Gorakhpur and AIIMS Rae Bareli, an IIM in Lucknow [256] [257] Founded in 1845, La Martinière Girls' College in Lucknow, stands as one of the oldest schools in ...
India, in 2019 has about 2.7% [1] population under poverty level and is no longer holding the largest population under poverty level, considering Nigeria and Congo. [2] On the other hand, the Planning Commission of India uses its own criteria and has estimated that 27.5% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2004–2005, down ...
Under the scheme, 1 crore of the poorest among the poor (BPL, below poverty line) families covered under the targeted public distribution system are identified. Issue of ration cards following the recognition of Antyodaya families; unique quota cards to be recognised and "Antyodaya Ration Card" must be given to the Antyodaya families.
Based on a study of social pensions in three states (Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh) in 2014, the World Bank [47] makes a case for scaling up social pensions in India. The study raises four important points regarding expanding coverage of social pensions: "First, an expansion in coverage by adding more numbers (as Haryana has done) is likely ...
In 2016, the idea of a Universal Basic Income in India made huge news by taking up over forty pages in the 2016–2017 India Economic Survey [3] as a serious and feasible solution to India's poverty and a hope for the economy as a whole. In India, this was an idea that has been discussed for decades in both the public and private spheres.