Page | 208 International Journal of Research (IJR) Vol-2, Issue-01, January 2015 ISSN 2348-6848 Poverty Alleviation and Unemployment Scenario in India Utkarsh Tiwari# & Vikash Pawariya* #PhD. Scholar, IARI, Division of Agricultural Economics, New Delhi-110012 * M Sc Agriculture Economics, SKN Agriculture university, Jobner-303329 Corresponding author mail id: vikashpawariya@gmail.com Abstract : Poverty is the lack of basic necessities that all human beings must have i.e. food and water, shelter, education, medical care, security. Internationally an income of less than $1.25 per day per head of purchasing power parity is defined as extreme poverty. In world over the year poverty is drastically decline from 41.69 percent in 1990 to 20.6 percent in 2010. Out of total world’s poor 33.4% is accounted by India (World Bank 2013). Poverty line according to World Bank is the person who survive on less than $1.25 per day are comes under poor. By World Bank estimate, about 40% percent of Indians are extremely poor. The average poverty reduction per year get pace from 2004-05 onwards with 2.18% poverty reduction per year as compare to 0.74% between 1994-95 to 2004-05. One half of Indian poor is located in Bihar, U.P., M.P. and Maharashtra, W.B., Odisha accounts for 22.5% of Indian poor. Highest poverty percentage is shown in Chhattisgarh (39.93%) and lowest in Kerala (7.05%). Since India became part of the global economy and underwent economic reform in 1991, its economy is growing at a faster rate of nearly 10 per cent per annum1. In the process, India has become one of the largest economies in the world. In the last two decades, a significant proportion of the population across the country has reaped the benefits of this economic growth. But the fruits of economic growth have not benefited everyone uniformly. Some are left behind and some others are not touched by the benefits of economic growth. It is proved globally that the so-called trickle-down effect does not work in all the societies and India is no exception to this. In short, the modern economy is not generating much employment and sometimes it displaces and replaces labour with machines and tools. Key Word- Unemployment, poverty, economic growth, income, poverty alleviation Introduction: Poverty is the lack of basic necessities that all human beings must have i.e. food and water, shelter, education, medical care, security, etc. Internationally, an income of less than $1.25 per day per head of purchasing power parity is defined as extreme poverty. By this estimate, about one third of Indians are extremely poor. 1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world), 640 million people live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services (World Bank). The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income (World Bank Development Indicator ). According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty. Around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted (UNICEF). Since India became part of the global economy and underwent economic reform in 1991, its economy is growing at a faster rate of nearly 10 per cent per annum1. In the