Keywords : Multidimensional Poverty Index, Income-based Poverty, Pahadi Korwa Tribe

Abstract : The present paper is attempted to investigate the difference and discrepancy between the income-based and deprivation-based poverty measurement in poverty of Pahadi Korwa tribes of Chhattisgarh. Two international poverty measurement approach is considered for poverty measurement of Pahadi Korwa tribes, first income-based measurement developed by World Bank and second, Multidimensional Poverty Index developed by United Nation Development Program (UNDP). Research study is based on primary data of 80 household collected from 8 village of 2 block of Sarguja and Korba district (1 block each) of Chhattisgarh State. Results shows that 93% Pahadi Korwa peoples are poor in income-based poverty whereas, 48.16% Pahadi Korwa peoples are poor in deprivation-based poverty measurement. A difference of 44.84% is found in the measurement of poverty by both the poverty measurement approach and this discrepancy is more in income-based poverty as compare to multidimensional poverty measurement. The study also reveals that health facilities, Education, cooking fuel, sanitation and housing conditions are the major contributor in the poverty of Pahadi Korwa Tribes.

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