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Nabrangpur, Odisha
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There were four people in this family - which ranks among the poorest income groups in Odisha - D, his wife and two children - a boy and a girl. D has another son who works as a contract labourer in another state. D and his family owned two houses - one was a mud house that belonged to his father and the other was a house that D built himself with help from a government initiative called the Indira Awas Yojna. The government also provided access to plumbing - although with irregular water supply, and the Swachh Bharat Mission provided a toilet - albeit one without a door. D and his family prefer using the nearby pond instead of the government provided toilet.

The mud house was divided between D and his older brother. D is the youngest of three siblings, and also the poorest. His older brother is rich, has cattle, a bike, and some land as well. He also has two sons who are married and who send him money. It is likely that D is poorer than his brother because of cultural and familial traditions of inheritance, where ancestral properties usually go to the oldest child. D, his wife and his son are all daily wage workers and they go to the nearest city - Dabugaon - to look for work every day. His daughter attends the local school.

D’s wife and daughter were recently struck with Malaria, and the entire family found it extremely difficult to both provide care and sustain themselves. The mother and daughter did not go to the government hospital for a free check-up because the hospital was too far away. Instead, a private health worker came to give them their medicine.