Panagariya, ArvindMukim, Megha2014-02-052014-02-052013-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16930This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that no matter which of the two official poverty lines is used, poverty has declined steadily in all states and for all social and religious groups. Accelerated growth between fiscal years 2004-2005 and 2009-2010 led to an accelerated decline in poverty rates. Moreover, the decline in poverty rates during these years was sharper for the socially disadvantaged groups relative to upper caste groups, so that a narrowing of the gap in the poverty rates is observed between the two sets of social groups. The paper also provides a discussion of the recent controversies in India regarding the choice of poverty lines.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGGREGATE LEVELAGGREGATE POVERTYAGRICULTURAL LABORERSAGRICULTURAL WORKERSCAPITA EXPENDITURECAPITA INCOMESCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY GROUPSCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION BASKETCONSUMPTION EXPENDITUREDECLINE IN POVERTYDECLINE IN POVERTY RATESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISADVANTAGED GROUPSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIC REFORMSECONOMICSEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEMEEQUAL DISTRIBUTIONESTIMATES OF POVERTYEXTREME POVERTYFARMERSFOOD ITEMSFOOD POLICYGINI COEFFICIENTGROWTH RATESHIGH CONCENTRATIONSHIGH INEQUALITYHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITUREHOUSEHOLD RESPONSESHOUSINGINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINEQUALITYINFORMAL SECTORMEASURING POVERTYMILKNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINEOUTPUT GROWTHPER-CAPITA INCOMEPOINT DECLINEPOLICY MEASURESPOLICY REFORMSPOLICY RESEARCHPOORPOST-REFORMPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY DEBATEPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONRAPID GROWTHREDUCTION IN POVERTYRISK MANAGEMENTRURALRURAL AREASRURAL EMPLOYMENTRURAL INEQUALITYRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY BY STATESRURAL POVERTY LINERURAL POVERTY LINESRURAL POVERTY RATESRURAL REGIONSSMALL FARMERSSUB-REGIONSSUBSISTENCETRADE LIBERALIZATIONUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREAURBAN AREASURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POPULATIONSURBAN POVERTYURBAN POVERTY LINESURBAN REGIONSVEGETABLEScastereligious groupWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6714