Poverty and Inequality in India: Before and after COVID-19
By: Panagariya, Arvind and More, Vishal
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BookPublisher: Economic & Political Weekly Description: 60(21), May 24, 2025: p.39-46.Subject(s): COVID-19, Poverty, Inequality,different social and religious groups, rural povertySummary: This paper offers four findings. First, rural poverty saw a modest decline despite the onset of COVID-19 in 2019–20 and fell as sharply in 2020–21 as it had in 2018–19. Second, urban poverty rose modestly in 2020–21, with the declining trend restored by the April–June 2021 quarter. Third, these trends hold for different social and religious groups, including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Hindus and Muslims. Finally, as measured by the Gini coefficient, income distribution saw a sharp decline in the rural, urban, and rural and urban areas combined. - Reproduced
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This paper offers four findings. First, rural poverty saw a modest decline despite the onset of COVID-19 in 2019–20 and fell as sharply in 2020–21 as it had in 2018–19. Second, urban poverty rose modestly in 2020–21, with the declining trend restored by the April–June 2021 quarter. Third, these trends hold for different social and religious groups, including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Hindus and Muslims. Finally, as measured by the Gini coefficient, income distribution saw a sharp decline in the rural, urban, and rural and urban areas combined. - Reproduced
https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/21/special-articles/poverty-and-inequality-india.html
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