India's poor live on quarter of a dollar in villages and half a dollar in towns, says a survey .
Poorest of poor in the country survive on barely Rs. 17 per day in villages and Rs.23 a day in cities, as per the latest data released by the National Sample Survey Office.
According to the data of the NSSO's 68th round of survey five per cent population on the bottom rung live on a monthly expenditure of just Rs. 521.44 in rural areas as against Rs. 700.50 in urban areas.In contrast top top five per cent of the population spend Rs. 4,481 in rural areas and Rs. 10,282 in urban areas per month ..
On an average on the all-India basis monthly spend is Rs. 1,430 for rural India and about Rs. 2,630 for urban India.For the average rural Indian, food accounted for 52.9 per cent , 8 percent for fuel and light ,, clothing and footwear 7 per cent, medical expenses 6.7 per cent, education 3.5 per cent, conveyance 4.2 per cent.
