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Financial Inclusion State of the Sector Report 2nd-‐3rd June 2011 Mumbai
How Poor is Poor? Poverty Status in India
Planning Commission Approach paper to the 12th Five Year Plan for 2012-17 Tendulkar Committee Report N C Saxena Committee Report Chronic Poverty Report World Bank 32 % (2009) 37% (2009) 50% (2009) 37% (2004-05) 41.5% (2005)
Housing • Alloca1on Required:
Total Rural Housing Shortage (2012) BPL APL BPL: APL (in Million) 47.43 42.69 4.74 90:10
(Source: Report of the Committee to Formulate Concrete Bankable Schemes for Rural Housing
• The widening gap between urban and rural housing exacerbates the already deplorable condi1on of the rural popula1on forcing them to migrate to urban areas in search of livelihood.
Weaker Sec1ons • The Eleventh Plan notes that incidence of poverty among certain marginalized groups, for example STs, has hardly declined at all. Meanwhile, research based on panel data, Na1onal Sample Survey (NSS) data and fieldwork in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh highlights the dispari1es between these groups and other segments of the popula1on and the fact that poverty has persisted, especially among STs.
• “In social group terms, over 80% of the poor in the country now belong to socially disadvantaged groups like SCs, STs, the most backward castes among OBCs and
How Poor is Poor? Poverty Status in India
Planning Commission Approach paper to the 12th Five Year Plan for 2012-17 Tendulkar Committee Report N C Saxena Committee Report Chronic Poverty Report World Bank 32 % (2009) 37% (2009) 50% (2009) 37% (2004-05) 41.5% (2005)
Housing • Alloca1on Required:
Total Rural Housing Shortage (2012) BPL APL BPL: APL (in Million) 47.43 42.69 4.74 90:10
(Source: Report of the Committee to Formulate Concrete Bankable Schemes for Rural Housing
• The widening gap between urban and rural housing exacerbates the already deplorable condi1on of the rural popula1on forcing them to migrate to urban areas in search of livelihood.
Weaker Sec1ons • The Eleventh Plan notes that incidence of poverty among certain marginalized groups, for example STs, has hardly declined at all. Meanwhile, research based on panel data, Na1onal Sample Survey (NSS) data and fieldwork in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh highlights the dispari1es between these groups and other segments of the popula1on and the fact that poverty has persisted, especially among STs.
• “In social group terms, over 80% of the poor in the country now belong to socially disadvantaged groups like SCs, STs, the most backward castes among OBCs and