Urban Poverty In India

The book ' URBAN POVERTY IN INDIA' is the synthesis of Economics Sociology Social Work and Public Administration. It is useful to academia students policy makers social workers & the public to understand the dynamics of urban poverty in India and gain in-depth knowledge of the status of implementation & impact of the major anti-poverty programmes in India such as Public Distribution System Mid-day Meal Scheme & Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana. This volume has an integrated approach to the subject based on advanced level of post-doctoral research and analysis backed by field level data. Though good literature is available on the incidence of rural poverty; but the studies on urban poverty are rare while the number of urban poor are increasing in recent times. Hence this book will certainly bridge the gap.