Abstract:
Poverty is a condition in which a person is not able to maintain a standard of
living due to inadequate income or imprudent expenditure. The official estimates of
poverty in India shows that 28.3 per cent of rural poor and 25.7 per cent of urban poor are
below the poverty line. There exists wide disparities in rural poverty across the Indian
states. Uttar Pradesh (UP), one of the most populous states of India, is characterized by
high rural poverty.
