Less poor people now but the divide is deep
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22/02/2001
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Indian Express (New Delhi)
The country's detailed poverty data, made public today, has shown up several surprises. The strife-torn state of Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as the most prosperous state with merely 3.48 per cent of the population living below the poverty line--even prosperous Punjab has over 6 per cent of its population below the poverty line.