why Bihar and Orissa are the poorest state of India explain its causes
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The ongoing debate on the poverty line tells us nothing about where the country's really poor live. The debate would, therefore, make more sense if regional poverty rates were taken into account.
A look at state-wise data reveals vast regional disparities in the level of poverty. Disturbingly, states with the highest poverty rates are also among the slowest in fighting poverty. This means that the poverty gap among states is on the rise.
The Tendulkar committee, which provided alternative (and higher) numbers on poverty after the official estimates received flak for using an outdated methodology that underestimated the proportion of poor in the country, puts Odisha as the state with the maximum proportion of poor at 57.2 percent in 2004-05.
Poor, poorer, poorest states? Its Bihar, MP, Odisha
Owing to high poverty rates in some of the most populous Indian states like Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar, it is unsurprising that India's total poverty is quite close to UP and Maharashtra's rates at 37.2 percent. Desmond Boylan/Reuters
Odisha is followed by Bihar, Madhya Pradesh (MP), Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Maharashtra, according to data available for 17 states on the Planning Commission's website. While over half the population in the states of Odisha and Bihar operates below the poverty line, Madhya Pradesh is just shy of 50 percent (see table).