how do we estimate proverty in bihar ?
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Bihar is amongst the poorest states in India, with poverty incidence of 42.6 per cent. Per capita net domestic product has been estimated to be $ 446 for Bihar which is about one –third of the corresponding national average ($ 1220) and less than one-fourth of Haryana ($ 2052), one of the richest states in India (Government of Bihar, 2011). There has not been any significant influence of the agricultural development and poverty alleviation programmes on reducing poverty incidence. It reflects that strategies adopted under various rural development programmes seem to be inappropriate in the Bihar context. The most of the programmes aimed at improving the economic status of poor households, only a few attempted at improving their human capital (i.e., education, health, housing, social participation, etc.). This might be the reason for ineffectiveness of these programmes on alleviating poverty during the last three decades. Several studies have been conducted on various aspects ofpoverty at the national level (Dandekar et.al, 1971; Rath, 1996; Ravallion et.al, 1996; Chlliah et.al, 1999; Mahendra Dev, 2000; Pattanaik, 2003,), but there is a dearth of studies on social aspects of poverty, particularly in the context of Bihar. Most of these studies are based on secondary data and/or depict picture at the national level. During last decade few studies conducted at village level indicated education as one of the important factors causing poverty in Bihar (Thakur, J et.al, 2000 and Kumari,V and Singh RKP, 2009). The recent studies based on primary data dealing with both economic and non- economic aspects of poverty are not readily available which are needed to have deeper insights of different dimensions of poverty in Bihar, India. The present study is designed to examine various socio-economic dimensions of poor households in Bihar.
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