Subject(s): Poverty in India. -- Planning process and poverty, indices of poverty, poverty line, poverty ratio, trends of poverty indices -- Consumption and poverty by class : Occupation, consumption, socio economic groups, gender groups, religion groups, household size, land and rural poverty -- Consumption and inequality at regional level : Inter regional variations, urban rural disparity, food share -- Poverty ratio in the regions : Rural and urban poverty ratio, consumption, inequality and poverty -- Depth and severity of poverty : Poverty gap ratio, squared poverty ratio, contribution to total poverty, CTP and SP, occupational groups, socio economic groups, gender groups, religious groups, household size, poverty indices- relation with consumption and inequality -- Robustness of poverty estimates : Poverty estimates, expenditure and calories based poverty, poverty ratio and calorie deficient population