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POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY TN

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Appendix Table 1.4: Some Summary Statistics on Calorie Intake and Poverty<br />

States<br />

Average<br />

Calorie Intake<br />

Per Capita Per<br />

Day (Kcal)<br />

Median<br />

Calorie Intake<br />

Per Capita Per<br />

Day (Kcal)<br />

Head Count<br />

Ratios (Percent<br />

Consuming<br />

Below 2400<br />

Calories Per<br />

Day)<br />

Head Count<br />

Ratios of<br />

Poverty<br />

(Percent with<br />

Below OPL<br />

Incomes)<br />

1983 1999-00 1983 1999-00 1983 1999-00 1983 1999-00<br />

Andhra Pradesh 2204 2021 1988 1955 68.5 80.7 35.8 11.1<br />

Bihar 2189 2121 2081 2034 67.6 74.9 60.5 44.0<br />

Gujarat 2113 1986 1988 1904 72.6 80.5 39.0 13.2<br />

Haryana 2554 2455 2325 2313 54.1 55.1 27.5 8.3<br />

Himachal<br />

2636 2454 2499 2307 44.5 56.5 23.9 8.0<br />

Pradesh<br />

Jammu & 2569 2631 2480 2577 44.5 39.7 31.6 4.0<br />

Kashmir<br />

Karnataka 2260 2028 2097 1905 64.0 78.9 40.0 17.4<br />

Kerala 1884 1982 1749 1904 81.5 81.2 48.5 9.4<br />

Madhya Pradesh 2323 2062 2175 1932 62.5 78.4 53.7 37.1<br />

Maharashtra 2144 2012 2021 1926 73.1 83.3 54.6 23.7<br />

Orissa 2103 2119 1995 2051 70.9 74.6 66.2 48.0<br />

Punjab 2677 2381 2479 2221 46.2 62.8 18.5 6.4<br />

Rajasthan 2433 2425 2324 2292 54.2 56.7 46.7 13.7<br />

Tamil Nadu 1861 1826 1720 1727 80.6 86.5 59.1 20.6<br />

Uttar Pradesh 2399 2327 2252 2176 58.4 64.5 50.8 31.2<br />

West Bengal 2027 2095 1902 2009 76.0 75.6 66.7 31.9<br />

Source: Meenakshi and Vishvanathan (2003).<br />

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