ABOUT THE BOOK: The book ' URBAN POVERTY IN INDIA' is the synthesis of Economics, Sociology, Social Work and Public Administration. It is useful to academia, students, policy makers, social workers & the public, to understand the dynamics of urban poverty in India, and gain indepth knowledge of the status of implementation & impact of the major antipoverty programmes in India, such as Public Distribution System, Midday Meal Scheme & Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana. This volume has an integrated approach to the subject, based on advanced level of postdoctoral research, and analysis backed by field level data. Though good literature is available on the incidence of rural poverty; but the studies on urban poverty are rare, while the number of urban poor are increasing in recent times. Hence this book will certainly bridge the gap.