The features of rural poverty are : 

• Open, under disguised unemployment, are found simultaneously in rural areas 
• It is difficult to differentiate between open unemployment and underemployment in rural areas
• No or meager facility of education, employment, social welfare, etc lead to poverty among the masses 
• Rural people posses few assets and many are landless 

The features of urban poverty are: 

• Open unemployment is generally found 
• One can differentiate between open and disguised unemployment 
• Good facility of education, drinking water, sanitation, etc make the standard of living of urban people high 

Urban people posses many assets Yes, poverty has shifted from rural to urban areas. 

This is clear from the fact that in n1973-74 more than 80% of the poor resided in rural areas but in 1999 – 2000, this proportion has reduced to 75%. This means that poverty has shifted from rural to urban areas. In the 1990s the absolute number of the poor in the rural areas has declined whereas the number of poor in urban areas has increased.