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| One fifth of population of J&K poor, depicts economic survey | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 22: About one fifth of the population in Jammu and Kashmir falls Below the Poverty Line (BPL) category. It means out of every five persons, one person is poor in the state. As per the Economic Survey tabled by the Government in the Legislative Assembly, nearly 24.21 lakh persons are poor in the state (21.63 per cent) of which 22 lakh persons are from rural areas and 2.21 lakh persons are living in urban areas of the state. Though the poverty has shown constant decrease which was 30.34 % (Rural) 9.18 % (Urban) and 25.17 % Combined (R+U) in year 1993-94 to 26.14 % (Rural), 7.96 % (Urban) and 21.63 % Combined (R+U) during 2007-08. "The poverty ratio during these years has decreased by 14.06 per cent (3.54 percentage points) from the base year 1993-94", said the survey. But the absolute poverty has shown an increase from 19.05 lakh (R), 1.86 lakh (U) and 20.92 lakh (C) respectively during 1993-94 to 22 lakh, 2.21 lakh and 24.21 lakh for the year 2007-08. On the state level data tabled by the government says that at rural level, the Kashmir division at 26.58 per cent has more BPL population percentage as compared to Jammu division 25.61 per cent. While Jammu division at 8.19 per cent has more urban poverty percentage as compared to that of Kashmir division 7.81 percent. In Jammu division, the total estimated BPL population is 10.59 lakh with a dispersion of 9.69 lakh persons in rural areas and 90 thousands in urban areas. "Degree of poverty becomes more visible and pronounced more the people live from urban business centres and district headquarters", says the data.
The analysis has further revealed that out of newly created eight districts, three districts Reasi, Ramban and Kishtwar registers more incidents of poverty than other areas. On the basis of absolute BPL population, the seven poorest districts in the state are Baramullah, Kupwara, Budgam, Jammu, Poonch, Rajouri and Pulwama were population ranging from 2.37 to 1.27 lakh are BPL. On the basis of Absolute BPL Household the seven poorest districts in the state are Kupwara, Jammu, Baramulla, Budgam, Poonch, Rajouri and Pulwama. The absolute BPL households of these districts range in between 41 thousands to 22 thousand. BPL is defined as minimum expenditure needed at per capita consumption level, which meets the average per capital daily calorie requirement of 2,400 K calorie in rural areas and 2,100 K Calories in urban areas along with a minimum of non-food expenditure. |
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