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    Gini Coefficient is a ratio of rich vs poor in a country. During the liberalisation era in India, the Coefficient has gone up showing rich have become richer & poor have become poorer and more vulnerable to all sorts of exploitation. Even Urban population has got fatter at the cost of Rural. Economic policies being followed needs review and correction for equitable development and to avoid the backlash due to economic and social upheavals.

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    Gini Coefficient is a ratio of rich vs poor in a country. During the liberalisation era in India, the Coefficient has gone up showing rich have become richer & poor have become poorer and more vulnerable to all sorts of exploitation. Even Urban population has got fatter at the cost of Rural. Economic policies being followed needs review and correction for equitable development and to avoid the backlash due to economic and social upheavals.

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    Gini Coefficient

    1973-74 1977-78 1983 1993-94 1999-2000 2004-05 (URP)* 2004-05 (MRP)*


    State Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban
    India 0.28 0.30 0.34 0.34 0.30 0.33 0.28 0.34 0.26 0.34 0.30 0.37 0.25 0.35

    Andhra Pradesh 0.29 0.29 0.30 0.32 0.29 0.31 0.29 0.32 0.24 0.31 0.29 0.37 0.24 0.34
    Assam 0.20 0.30 0.18 0.32 0.19 0.25 0.18 0.29 0.20 0.31 0.19 0.32 0.17 0.30
    Bihar 0.27 0.26 0.26 0.30 0.26 0.30 0.22 0.31 0.21 0.32 0.20 0.33 0.17 0.31
    Jharkhand 0.22 0.35 0.20 0.33
    Gujarat 0.23 0.25 0.29 0.31 0.25 0.26 0.24 0.29 0.23 0.29 0.27 0.31 0.25 0.32
    Haryana 0.29 0.31 0.29 0.31 0.27 0.30 0.30 0.28 0.24 0.29 0.32 0.36 0.31 0.36
    Himachal Pradesh 0.24 0.27 0.26 0.30 0.27 0.31 0.28 0.43 0.23 0.30 0.30 0.32 0.26 0.26
    Jammu & Kashmir 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.33 0.22 0.24 0.23 0.28 0.17 0.22 0.24 0.24 0.20 0.24
    Karnataka 0.28 0.29 0.32 0.34 0.30 0.33 0.27 0.32 0.24 0.32 0.26 0.36 0.23 0.36
    Kerala 0.31 0.37 0.35 0.36 0.33 0.37 0.29 0.34 0.27 0.32 0.34 0.40 0.29 0.35
    Madhya Pradesh 0.29 0.27 0.33 0.38 0.29 0.29 0.28 0.33 0.24 0.32 0.27 0.39 0.24 0.37
    Chhatisgarh 0.29 0.43 0.24 0.35
    Maharashtra 0.26 0.33 0.46 0.36 0.28 0.33 0.30 0.35 0.26 0.35 0.31 0.37 0.27 0.35
    Orissa 0.26 0.34 0.30 0.32 0.27 0.29 0.24 0.30 0.24 0.29 0.28 0.35 0.25 0.33
    Punjab 0.27 0.29 0.30 0.38 0.28 0.32 0.26 0.28 0.24 0.29 0.28 0.39 0.26 0.32
    Rajasthan 0.28 0.29 0.46 0.30 0.34 0.30 0.26 0.29 0.21 0.28 0.25 0.37 0.20 0.30
    Tamil Nadu 0.27 0.31 0.32 0.33 0.32 0.35 0.31 0.34 0.28 0.38 0.32 0.36 0.26 0.34
    Uttar Pradesh 0.24 0.29 0.30 0.33 0.29 0.31 0.28 0.32 0.25 0.33 0.29 0.37 0.23 0.34
    Uttaranchal 0.28 0.32 0.22 0.30
    West Bengal 0.30 0.32 0.29 0.32 0.28 0.33 0.25 0.33 0.22 0.34 0.27 0.38 0.24 0.36
    Delhi 0.15 0.35 0.29 0.33 0.29 0.33 0.24 0.21 0.29 0.34 0.26 0.33 0.24 0.32
    * URP - Uniform Reference Period; MRP - Mixed Reference Period [Source : Unofficial estimates of Planning Commission; 61st Round 2004-05 MRP]

    Databook for DCH; 03 Dec. 2008 Page 19 of 79

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