Table 1 Wealth-rank classification criterion

1

A (ultra poor)

1. Land less

2. Widow

3. No scope for rearing live stock

4. No agricultural land

5. Work as daily labor

6. Divorcee women

7. Solitary women

8. Capture fingerling in river for feeding their family

9. Only one earning member in family

10. Work as agriculture labor

11. Small hut for living

12. Reside at road side

13. Physically not fit to work

14. Reside at river side

15. Only having land for residing

2

B (poor)

1. Small land

2. Less income

3. More than 4 members in a family but income less than 1000 INR/month

4. Small land for cultivation

3

C (less poor)

1. At least 2 earning members in the family

2. Having scope for rearing live stock

3. At least 1-acre land

4. Sufficient land for cultivation

5. Family member migrated in other states for earning

4

D (others)

1. Service men

2. Pension holder

3. Businessmen

4. Large agricultural land

5. Well built house for residence