AFFLUENT, – RURAL INDIA URBAN INDIA Spending Rs. or more Spending Rs. or more per person per month per person per month Scheduled Tribes . .
Scheduled Castes . . OBCs . .
Christian . . Sikh . .
Others . . ALL GROUPS . .
Note: OBC = Other Backward Classes CASTE AND COMMUNITY GROUPS Table shows the percentage of the population of each caste/ community that lives below the official ‘Poverty Line’ for – . There are separate columns for rural and urban India. Table is organised in exactly the same way except that it shows the percentage of population living in affluence rather than in poverty. ‘Affluence’ is here defined as a monthly per person expenditure of Rs.
for rural India and Rs. for urban India. This is equivalent to a family of five spending Rs. per month in rural India and Rs.
, per month in urban India. Please take some time to study the tables carefully before you answer the questions below. . What is the percentage of the Indian population that was living below the poverty line in (a) Rural India and (b) Urban India ?
. Which caste/community group has the highest proportion of its members living in extreme poverty in a) rural and b) urban India ? Which caste/community has the lowest percentage of population living in poverty ?