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Assam
Social Inclusion Social groups in Assam record uneven progress. While Scheduled Castes saw a sharp decline in poverty after 2005, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes saw a rise in poverty levels. As a result, today, social groups across the state face similar levels of poverty. While there is hardly any difference in open defecation, access to drinking water and schooling between social groups, some groups have lower access to salaried jobs than others.
Poverty declined sharply for Scheduled Castes in Assam after 2005, but increased for Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes Population below poverty line, (%)
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All India
44
Assam
Scheduled Tribe
9
15
Scheduled Caste
19
10
Other Backward Caste
43
29
General
29
45
40
1% 2% per -6% per year per year 32 year 33
36 31
29
30
33 -1% per year
29
20
10
0 2005
■ Scheduled Tribe
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Pace of poverty reduction
50
Households by Social Group, 2012 (%)
2012
■ Scheduled Caste
■ Other Backward Caste
■ General
Poverty among the Scheduled Tribes in Assam is lower than the national average ST population below the poverty line, 2012 (%) 70 60
63 56
54
53
50
51
50
49 43
40
43
40
39
36
30 20 10
33
32
31
26
26
25
23
20
19
15
13
13
9
9
8
0
0 OD BH MH MP CG JH WB AI MN RJ KL GJ AR AS KA TN UP TR AP MZ NL JK UK MG HP HR SK
Low Income States are highlighted in orange, AI is All India.
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