kerala, which has the best literacy rate, has average monthly per capita expenditure of Rs 2,355 in rural areas and Rs 3,044 in urban areas while Rajasthan, which has the worst literacy rate, has average monthly per capita expenditure of Rs 1,446 in rural areas and Rs 2,207 in urban areas… and only 7% of the population in Kerala are below the poverty line as against 15% in Rajasthan.
While this report shows a data correlation between literacy and poverty, it’s of course not claiming absolute correlation between the two aspects. There might be other aspects to improvements in literacy and poverty which we will examine in coming reports. The trend is encouraging, nevertheless.