Census details show spread of mobiles, TVs, bank accounts, even in poverty-stricken states household power connections still a big lack
The past decade has seen the weakest sections of the society make rapid gains in their material wellbeing, acquiring assets such as cell phones, televisions, two-wheelers and bank accounts, though almost half the population of scheduled castes and tribes (SC and ST) continue to live by the light of the humble kerosene lamp, much more than the national number of 31 per cent.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/steep-decline-asset-poverty-dalits-tribals
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-2011
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerosene
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicles
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
