Poverty in India

Shatakshee Dhongde

Chapter 61 in Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, 2023, pp 654-662 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter provides readers a succinct summary of how official poverty estimates are measured in India, what have been some of the major debates and what has been the history in terms of setting poverty thresholds. It also provides a glimpse at some of the more recent developments in poverty measurement in India.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Geography; Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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