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100			_aSundaram, K.
245			_aPoverty among social and economic groups in India in 1990s
260			_c2003
300			_ap.5263-276.
362			_a13 Dec
520			_aThis paper examines the levels and changes in poverty indicators of the rural and urban population in India disaggregated by social and economic groups. The analysis is based on the comparable estimates of poverty for the mixed reference period computed from the unit record data for the 50th (1993-94) and the 55th (1999-2000) rounds of the Consumer Expenditure Surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation. The issue is how far different social and economic groups shared the overall decline in poverty in the 1990s. The social groups most vulnerable to poverty have been identified to be scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households with both these groups having above average levels of poverty indicators in their respective population segments. In terms of changes in poverty in the 1990s, it is found that while scheduled caste, agricultural labour (rural) and casual labour (urban) households experienced declines in poverty on par with the total population, scheduled tribe households fared badly in both the segments. - Reproduced.
650			_aPoverty - India
650			_aPoverty
700			_aTendulkar, Suresh D.
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a58958
999			_c58958 _d58958