Rural areas have shown a faster pace of decline as poverty levels dipped by over seven percentage points in the past five years in the country.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/poverty-levels-fall-7-percentage-points-5-yrs-faster-villages-urban-areas
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-poverty
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himachal-pradesh
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttaranchal-uttarakhand
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-labourers
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population