TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROJECT APPROVAL SHEET………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………II

PROJECT EVALUATION SHEET………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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DECLARATION………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… V

FACULTY CERTIFICATE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. VI

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. XI

CHAPTER 1:

1.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2-4

1.2 BACKGROUND OF RESEARCH………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5-9

1.3 NEED OF RESEARCH…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10

1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF RESEARCH……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10

1.5 Hypothesis………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10

1.6 Objectives of Research……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….11

1.7 Problem Statement…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….11

1.8 Research Question……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….11

1.9 Scope of Research…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11

1.10 SCHEME OF THE STUDY…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13

2.1 Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Adam Mausner………………………………………………………………….. 13

2.2 Economics and political Weekly………………………………………………………………………………………………………..14

2.3 Reducing poverty and inequality in rural areas……………………………………………………………………………...15-17

2.4 Economic inequality and poverty, 8 Sobh,18 sunbala………………………………………………………………………18

2.5 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Poverty and poverty………………..19

2.6 A Report by World Bank: Despite Economic Growth, Widening Inequality……………………………………….. 20

2.7 Poverty and inequality a threat to urban poor, UN……………………………………………………………………………21

2.8 Fight Poverty, Not Income Inequality, Analysis by Tyler Cowen…………………………………………………………22

2.9 Handbook of Income Distribution…………………………………………………………………………………………………….23

2.10 World Bank, Rescue department, December 22, 2022………………………………………………………………..….24

2.11 Poverty and Gender Inequality: Feminization of Poverty, By: Fatema Sarkash……………………………25-27

CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY…………………………………………………………………………………………………28

3.1 Methodology……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………28

3.2 Research design…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………28

3.3 Population ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 28

3.4 Sample size………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 29

3.5 Sampling Techniques……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29

3.6 Data collection Techniques………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 29

3.7 Sources of data collection …………………………………………………………………………………………………………29

3.8 Statistical tools…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 30

CHAPTER 4: FINDING OF RESEARCH…………………………………………………………………………………………….31-32

4.1 Official Estimates……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..33

4.2 proposed adjustment…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..34-38

4.3 Adjusted Estimates……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………39

4.4 Regional Contrasts……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….41-43

4.5 Agricultural Wages……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….44-52

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS……………………………………………………………………….53

5.1 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………53

5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….54

5.3 Reference………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….55