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Poverty results, inter alia, from inequity in disbursement of public, particularly natural resources. In India, the survey of population below poverty line in 1972–73 indicated that the percentages were 54.1 in rural areas and 41.2 in urban sectors, the combined figure being 51.5%. These figures reduced to 37.3%, 32.4% and 36% respectively in 1993–97. In physical terms, however, the total number of people below the poverty line marginally increased due to the overall rise in population.
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Purohit, M. (2003). Necessity of Rationalization of Water Pricing With Participatory Irrigation Management in India As a Step for Poverty Reduction. In: Olcay Ünver, İ.H., Gupta, R.K., Kibaroğlu, A. (eds) Water Development and Poverty Reduction. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 25. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0423-8_9
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