55% villagers in Orissa live on Rs 12/day: Video

 The Indian economy may be registering strong growth, but nearly 20 per cent of the population or close to 250 million people of spent less than Rs 14 per person per day on consumption in 2004-05.

The average monthly per capita consumer expenditure(MPCE) in 2004-05 stood at Rs 559 in rural India and Rs 1,052 in urban India.

 According to a National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) report on the level and pattern of consumer expenditure in 2004-05, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have remained the poorest states in the country in terms of MPCE of the rural population.