Authors:

  • S V Subramanian

Excerpt

Regional Estimates of Poverty and Inequality in India, 1993–2012. S V Subramanian, June 24, 2015, Paper, "Using three quinquennial rounds of consumption expenditure data over two decades (1993–2012), this paper estimates the extent of money metric poverty and inequality in regions of India. Regions are made comparable, and the poverty head count ratio and the poverty gap ratio for 81 regions are derived using the state specific poverty lines as recommended by the Planning Commission of India. The gini index, rich–poor ratio and regression analyses are used to understand the extent of economic inequality in regions of India..." Link