03-21-2007, 09:41 PM
<b>More than 50 per cent of India's poor live in five states: report</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Among the five states, Uttar Pradesh has been found to be biggest contributor to the 17.34 crore figure of poor people. Other states loaded with poor are Maharashtra, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, whose poverty figures have not shown a huge variation as compared to 1993-94 figures. The states having done well on poverty indicator are southern states and Himachal Pradesh.
At the all India level, Orissa has earned the dubious distinction of having highest percentage of poor (46.4 per cent) in the total population of the state, followed by Bihar (41.4 per cent), Chattisgarh (40.4 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (38.3 per cent) and Maharashtra 30.7 per cent. âWe need specific schemes for these poor states other than the backward regions fund and national employment guarantee scheme,â a commission official said.
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After 30 years of Commie rule in WB, people are still poor , how this happened?
At the all India level, Orissa has earned the dubious distinction of having highest percentage of poor (46.4 per cent) in the total population of the state, followed by Bihar (41.4 per cent), Chattisgarh (40.4 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (38.3 per cent) and Maharashtra 30.7 per cent. âWe need specific schemes for these poor states other than the backward regions fund and national employment guarantee scheme,â a commission official said.
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After 30 years of Commie rule in WB, people are still poor , how this happened?