Q- Describe poverty trends in India since 1973.
Answer:-There has been a decline in poverty in India. The percentage of people living under poverty declined from 1973 to 1993 to 43%. This further declined to 37.2% in 2004 – 2005 and about to 21.9% in 2011 – 2012 the number of poor people has declined from 40.71 crore people in 2004 – 2005 to 26.93 crore people in 2011 – 2012.