Top 10 poor states in india

India is a country of diversity, culture, tradition and modernity. In India, the past, present and future exist together.There are 1.6 billion people living in multidimensional poverty across the world and nearly 440 million of them are in eight large Indian states, according to a new analysis using a unique index developed at the University of Oxford.The eight Indian states that have similar number of poor as in 25 African countries are Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and West Bengal. The poorest region in south Asia is Bihar, the analysis states.Poverty is a widespread condition in India. After independence, poverty is an unsolvable problem and no resources with a few sources closely working with no development. In the 21st century, poverty is a biggest problem in the country. More than 29.8% of the population of 1.35 billion barely manages to survive and is below the poverty line.Poverty in India, according to a recent Indian government committee constituted to estimate poverty, over 38% of India’s population (380 million) is poor in india.
Poverty and Hunger are the biggest challenges not only for the survival of the people but also for the development.

We define the poorest as those who consume less than Rs.600 per capita per month in the villages and below Rs.860 per capita per month in the cities. These cutoffs help identify the poorest tenth of the Indian population.  10 Poorest states in India are as follows:

 1) Chattisgarh:

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Chhattisgarh is India’s 18th most populous state and home to 26 million people, 10 million of who are poor. The state has the highest poverty rate in the country. Chhattisgarh is a source of electricity and steel for the country, accounting for 15% of the total steel produced as well as a large contributor of coal.Chhattisgarh, then a backward region of Madhya Pradesh, was carved out to make a separate state in November 2000, Given the lacklustre economic conditions and progress of the state, it is not surprising that Chhattisgarh tops the list of states in terms of poverty rate. The Tendulkar committee estimates by the Planning Commission point towards 40% of the population living below the poverty line.The economically better-off districts in the state are not much better in terms of poverty. More than a fifth of the population in every district lives in extreme poverty.

2) Jharkhand:

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The incidence of poverty in Jharkhand is estimated at 46%; however 60% of schedule caste and schedule tribes are still below poverty line.In a report released by the UN Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development, it was found that in India, the number of people living in multidimensional poverty went down to 369.55 million in 2015-16 from 690.55 million in 2005-06. This is a considerable reduction of 271 million people in a decade.Jharkhand reduced the incidence of multidimensional poverty from 74.9 per cent to 46.5 per cent between 2005-06 and 2015-16.Across India, the number of people living in multidimensional poverty has gone down from 690.55 million in 2005-06 to 369.55 million in 2015-16 — a reduction of 271 million people in a decade.

3) Manipur:

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There is a marked difference in the extent and nature of poverty between the valley and the hills in Manipur. Besides the poor and uneven economic performance of the state and the lackadaisical implementation of poverty alleviation schemes, the failure of land reform measures in the hills is of particular importance in explaining the persistence of poverty.
I will not exactly describe Manipur as underveloped , but it is a developing state. Manipur is a living civilization of 2000 years legacy still moving on. Yes in terms of economy it is at a dismal condition with its per capita income( nominal) ranked lowest amongst all states and UTs.But development is a multi dimensional aspect as defined by UNDP's Human Development Index( HDI) which covers other aspects like Education and Health condition of the countries in addition to economic aspects.

4) Arunachal Pradesh:

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northern-most state of Arunachal Pradesh exhibits moderate to very high levels of poverty (69%). The population in Arunachal Pradesh is overwhelmingly rural, with low per capita income and low literacy rates, hence most susceptible to a climate related disaster. The population located around the urban centers is more educated, have higher per capita income and are thus more capable of coping with climate variability. The highest disparities of income are seen in Arunachal pradesh.
Arunachal Pradesh share of population below poverty line was at level of 35 % in 2012, up from 26 % in 2010.Arunachal Pradesh is the largest among the seven states located in the Northeast of India, with an area of 83,743 sq km. It shares its borders with the neighbouring countries of Bhutan in the west, China (Tibet) in the north and northeast, Myanmar in the east and southeast and the Indian states of Assam and Nagaland in the south.The land is mostly mountainous with the Himalayan ranges running north-south.The state's economy is largely agrarian, based on the terraced farming of rice and the cultivation of crops such as maize, millet, wheat, pulses, sugarcane, ginger, oilseeds, cereals, potato, and pineapple.

5) Bihar:

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The state of Bihar in India is home to some of the country's poorest people. Bihar is one of India’s largest and poorest states. Until 2007, economic growth in Bihar was much slower than the rest of the country. Two million 6-13 year-old children were out of school and teacher absenteeism was rife. Over half the homes were not connected to roads, only a fifth of households had access to piped water, and electricity was not available to the vast majority of households.During last 20 years poverty has declined by more than 14 percent but number of poor persons increased during the period. Landlessness and low per capita land are also major causing poverty in Bihar.

6) Odisha:

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Odisha is a land, which is well known for its rich culture, history, tourism and natural resources. Odisha’s per capita income — Rs 24,928 in fiscal year (FY) 2014 — was about 62 per cent of the all-India average — Rs 39,904 in FY14.One-third of Odisha’s population is poor, which is higher than national average – 22% of the country’s population is below the poverty line.The major causes of odisha is poor and undeveloped are,There are millions of kids who can’t go to school,The condition of most of the people of around 15 districts(Tribals),The problem of water scarcity in Odisha, are the major causeing poverty in odisha. and, Odisha’s productivity with respect to its main crop, rice, is less than two mt/ha (metric tonnes per hectare).

7) Assam:

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The Economy of Assam is largely agriculture based with 69% of the population engaged in it.The progress in alleviation of poverty is also disturbing
to India, it has higher rural poverty and the decline has been much smaller in Assam. Rural poverty shows a decline only in recent years. Assam is the only major state in India that showed increasing rural poverty over a long period from 1957 to 1994,
The stature of assam is in the poorest segment if compared to the other indian states.The per capita income of Assam is among the lowest in the country.Assam’s location away from the main demand and production centres of India is also regularly cited as a key reason for its low levels of economic progress. Apart from the geographical location, climatic conditions of Assam are also cited by many as a factor hindering growth of the state. Frequent floods and soil erosion in and around the Brahmaputra and Barak valley have repeatedly pushed families into severe poverty. Cross-border conflicts also have many a time adversely impacted the state economy.

8)Madhya pradesh:

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The state of Madhya Pradesh has seen rapid urbanisation in the past two decades. The lack of livelihood opportunities, especially in sectors like agriculture, coupled with restrictions imposed on the use of forests, has resulted in the migration of the poor from rural areas to cities.Malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh is much higher than the national averages for India
The economy of Madhya Pradesh grew at 12% GDP for annual year 2011–12. Madhya Pradesh received an award from then-President Pranab Mukherjee in January 2013 for improving its tourism, medical and infrastructural growth.Madhya Pradesh has 6 Ordnance Factories, four of which are located in Jabalpur (Vehicle Factory, Grey Iron Foundry, Gun Carriage Factory, Ordnance Factory Khamaria) and one each in Katni and Itarsi. The factories are run by the Ordnance Factories Board and manufacture a variety of products for the Indian Armed Forces.

9) Uttar Pradesh:

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The economy of Uttar Pradesh is the fifth largest of all the states of India. According to the state budget for 2017–18, Uttar Pradesh's gross state domestic product is ?16.89 lakh crore (US$240 billion).
more than 175 million people spread across 112000 village and town, Uttar Pradesh  most populous state in India. It is also one of the Poorest, despite having once seemed a pace setter for country's economic and social development, reflecting a rich potential in term of both human and natural assests. Most of the state's farm land in the well-watered and the naturally fertile indo-Gangetic plain, and the western region's  tradition of raising Wheat and Sugarcane made it is a strong platform for green revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, which held UP depart from previous low level of Agricultural growth. In next decade, the eastern and the central region registered strong advances, spurred by purposeful investment in research, extension, irrigation and marketing infrastructure. Accordingly in 1970s economic growth in most sectors in Uttar Pradesh was higher than, that in the rest of India since then, however, growth has lagged that of country as a whole. UP has been slow to  seize on the opportunity created by the liberalization of the India economy that being 1991.

10) karnataka:

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Karnataka is one of the developed states in the southern part of India with
a geographically diverse population along with stark regional disparities
(Vyasulu and Vani, 1997; Kurian, 2000; and Murgai et al. 2003). The Northern districts of the state are relatively poor as compared to that of southern districts (Murgai et al. 2003).
a noteworthy initiative was undertaken by Government of Karnataka to estimate poverty incidence at the district level from pooled 1993-94 NSS 50th round data for the Karnataka Haman Development report. This paper updates these estimate to 1999-00 by combining the central and state samples for Karnataka from the 55th round to examine regional variation in poverty across the stayes.