Poverty is a significant issue in India, with over 250 million people living below the international poverty line of $1.25 per day according to a 2012 report. One fifth of the world's poor live in South Asia, with 26% of Indians below the poverty line, mainly in rural areas. The document defines poverty and outlines its prevalence across Indian states, with over half of India's poor located in just three states: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh. Poverty in India is a historical problem that intensified under British rule but has declined in recent decades, though many still live close to the poverty line.

1. POVERTY IN INDIA

2. Poverty is hunger.
Poverty is lack of shelter.
Poverty is being sick and not being able
to see a doctor.
Poverty is nit having access to school
and not knowing how to read.
Poverty is not having a job, Is fear for
the future, Living one day at a time.
Poverty is loosing a child to illness
growth unclean water.
Poverty is powerlessness, Lack of
representation and freedom.

3. GENERAL
 One fifth of the world’s people live
on less than $1 a day, and 44% of
them are in South Asia.
 26% of Indians are below the
Poverty line.
 This is happening mainly in rural
part of India.

4. DEFINITION OF POVERTY
Poverty rates are sensitive to
definition used. In 2014, new World
Bank benchmarks based on 2011
purchasing power parity basis suggest
much lower poverty rates in India,
and much higher in other nations.
A comparative map of poverty in India
and other countries in 2012, at
national poverty line, according to the
World Bank.

5. POVERTY IN THE STATES OF INDIA
One half of India’s poor is
located the three states of
Uttar Pradesh , Bihar and
Madhya Pradesh .
Maharashtra , West Bengal
and Orissa account for
22.5% poverty.

6. POVERTY IN INDIA
Poverty in India is an important issue. India
has some of the poorest people in the world.
The Government of India says that
the poverty line for rural areas is Rs 672.8per
month and Rs 859.6 in urban areas. This
means that many people do not have
enough money. India's proposed but not yet
adopted official poverty line is 972 (US$14) a
month in rural areas or 1,407 (US$21) a
month in cities.

7. In 2012, the latest report by the
Planning Commission of India
(Tendulkar Committee) reported
that 26% of all people in India
fall below the international
poverty line of US$ 1.25 per day.
Over the last decade, poverty
has been witnessed a consistent
decline with the levels dropping
from 37.2% in 2004-05 to 29.8%
in 2009-10. The number of poor
people is now estimated at 250
million.

8. Poverty in India is a historical reality. From late 19th century through early
20th century, under British colonial rule, poverty in India intensified,
peaking in 1920s.Famines and diseases killed millions each time . After
India gained its independence in 1947, mass deaths from famines were
prevented. Rapid economic growth since 1991, has led to sharp reductions
in extreme poverty in India . However, those above poverty line live a
fragile economic life

9. By
Anju Varghese
KSTC