A study has found that the poor households earned a total of Rs 1,545 cr, spent a total of Rs 1,185 cr, and contributed a savings of Rs 360 cr to the city in 2011
Urban poor living in slums of Bangalore contribute 3-3.5 per cent of the City’s economy. About 9-11 per cent of the city’s population that lives in slums contribute between Rs 1,643 crore to Rs 2,045 crore to Bangalore city’s economy, estimated at Rs 58,164 crore in 2011.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/slum-dwellers-contribute-3-35-bangalores-economy
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mahesh-kulkarni
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangalore-t
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/slums
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chennai-t
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sulabh-international
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economy
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
