This book makes an attempt to develop a composite Index of Human Poverty in Rajasthan. It analyses the location specific causes of poverty in the state, using both district-wise secondary data and primary data collected through an extensive household survey. The study seeks not only to identify ‘who’ are poor and ‘where’ they are concentrated, but also ‘Why’ the poor people stay poor, at macro and micro levels. The book will be useful for policy makers, researchers and development workers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P C Bansil
P.C. Bansil heads the Techno Economic Research Institute, New Delhi, founded by him in 1984. He belongs to the first batch of Indian Economic Service and has worked with the FAO for about 15 years in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Rome, Zambia and Libya. He has authored 28 books, besides a large number of reports and papers prepared for various governments. He has published over 400 papers in specialized technical journals. His work experience relates to the formulation, implementation, evaluation and regional plans for agriculture, statistics, marketing, livestock, irrigation, fisheries, forestry, wildlife, national parks, tourism, agro-industries and social sectors like demography, health, education and housing, as well as project identification, formulation and evaluation in these fields. Dr. Bansil was recently appointed by the Planning Commission as Chairman of the Tenth Plan Working Group on Animal Husbandry Economics and Statistics. He has just completed the study “Livestock in India 2000-2030†sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. During his FAO assignments in Sri Lanka, Zambia and Libya as Senior Planning Advisor, he undertook micro level studies on issues relating to water.
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