The most vulnerable groups to poverty are:
(i) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(ii) Rural agricultural labour
(iii) Urban casual labour.
States tackled poverty in the following ways:
(i) West Bengal: Land reform measures have helped in reducing poverty.
(ii) Punjab: Reduce poverty with high growth rates of agriculture.
(iii) Tamil Nadu: Public distribution of food grains has reduced the poverty.
