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Our paper is an attempt to revisit the phenomenon of poverty in India in a non-quantitative way, from its genesis to an evaluation of public policy response to mitigate poverty. Some of the analysis is based on either well-documented facts at the micro level for different States or on our own observations. Some of the data we wanted to use but did not might not be representative of the whole economy. But the questions raised in the paper, we believe, are still relevant.
India’s poverty eradication efforts: Some vital questions
Our paper is an attempt to revisit the phenomenon of poverty in India in a non-quantitative way, from its genesis to an evaluation of public policy response to mitigate poverty. Some of the analysis is based on either well-documented facts at the micro level for different States or on our own observations. Some of the data we wanted to use but did not might not be representative of the whole economy. But the questions raised in the paper, we believe, are still relevant.