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Notes
615-775 2,581 9.9 89.9
775-900 2,735 5.0 94.9
900 & more 3,178 5.1 100.0

All 2,149 100.0

Urban
Below 300 1,398 5.0 5.0
300-500 1,654 5.1 10.1
350-425 1,729 9.6 19.7
425-500 1,912 10.1 29.8
500-575 1,968 9.9 39.7
575-665 2,091 10.0 49.7
665-675 2,187 10.1 59.8
675-915 2,297 10.0 69.8
915-1120 2,467 10.0 79.8
1120-1500 2,536 10.1 89.9
1500-1925 2,736 5.0 94.9
1925 & more 2,938 5.1 100.0
All 2,156 100.0

Note : Poverty Line ` 327.6 for Rural Areasand ` 454.1 for Urban Areas
Source : National Sample Survey Organization (1999-00), Report No. 471, Nutritional Intake in
India for calorie intake data by expenditure groups and Report No. 454, Household
Consumer Expenditure in India - Key Results for the distribution of persons.

Redefining Poverty Line - Basic Needs Approach
Table 4 : Rural Poor and Percent of Rural Population

1973-74 1993-94 1999-00 MPCE*
% % %
1973-74 1993-94 1999-03
Applying Official
Definition (Those
with less than MPCE
giving 2400 Calories 56.4 74.5 74.5 49 325 576
Official Estimates 56.4 37.3 27.1 49 206 328
Corresponding
Calorie Intake 2400 1970 1890

Source : Calculated from NSS Reports on Consumer Expenditure, 50 Round 1993-94 and 55 th
th
Round 1999-2000.
* MPCE is Monthly Per Capita Expenditure
Note that base year 1973-74 is the only year the official definition was correctly applied ; in all later
years, the nutrition norm is diluation.

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