Table 1.8
Estimates of poverty
(per cent)
Year
All India
Rural
Urban
1973-74
54.9
56.4
49.0
1997-78
51.3
53.1
45.2
1983
44.5
45.7
40.8
1987-98
38.9
39.1
38.2
1993-94
36.0
37.3
32.4
1999-2000
30 day recall
7 day recall
26.1
23.3
27.1
24.0
23.6
21.6
The 1999-2000 estiamtes may not be strictly comparable to the earlier estimates of poverty because of some changes in the methodology of data collection.
Source : Planning Commission.