Part-time workers are particularly vulnerable to personal shocks due to lower levels of compensation, the absence of meaningful benefits, and even a lack of paid sick or personal days. Not surprisingly, turnover is high in these part-time jobs.
The percentage of population living below the poverty line in rural areas has declined from 39.2% to 28.1% while that in urban areas has declined from 22.7 percent 14.9 percent. In other words, rural poverty has declined by 11.2 percentage points and urban poverty has reduced by 7.8 percentage points.