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Niti Aayog may set up panel to draw up a new poverty lineThe re-look at the issue was necessitated as the Niti Aayog has to measure the impact of the government's anti-poverty schemes and set a ta...- New poverty line: Rs 32 in villages, Rs 47 in citiesThe poverty line had been fixed at Rs 27 in rural areas and Rs 33 in urban areas, levels at which getting two meals may be difficult.
- Parliamentary panel for joint mechanism to estimate povertyExpressing concern over the latest poverty figures, a Parliamentary panel has asked the government to set up of a joint mechanism comprisin...
- Poverty line panel report likely by JuneAfter missing the March deadline, poverty line panel headed by Abhijit Sen is now expected to submit its recommendations by June.
- New panel to consider poverty lineIn the wake of the Planning Commission's controversial definition of povery last year, a new panel is likely to be formed to consider the c...
- C Rangarajan to head panel for reviewing poverty linePlanning Commission constituted an expert group headed by noted economist C Rangarajan to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for es...
- Planning Commission's definition of poverty a joke, says BJPSlamming the Planning Commission over its definition of poverty, BJP has said the Centre has underestimated the number of people living BPL...
- Poverty down, no matter what method is used, asserts Montek Singh AhluwaliaPlan panel deputy chairman Ahluwalia asserted that the number of poor in the country has come down irrespective of the method of calculatio...
- Planning Commission to set up new group to rework Suresh Tendulkar's poverty math soonThe Planning Commission will set up new technical group in next three months to re-visit the Suresh Tendulkar methodology of estimating pov...
- Rs 32-a-day poverty line had Plan panel in controversy in 2011The Planning Commission was at the centre of a big controversy after it adopted Rs 32-a-day poverty line, inviting sharp criticism from man...
- Montek makes U-turn, abandons Rs 32 per day poverty linePlan panel had put in an affidavit before the SC stating that it took Rs 32/day per capita expenditure in cities and Rs 25 in rural India f...
- No poverty cap for food allocation: Montek Singh AhluwaliaThe Planning Commission Monday clarified that it was not going by a set poverty line for allocation of subsidised food and supported an app...
- Montek meets PM on poverty line, to make statement tomorrowAhluwalia discussed the fallout of the controversy relating to the affidavit with PM and will clarify the panel's stand on Mon.
- Plan panel's poverty benchmark is unacceptable: ExpertsMore than 25 of the top economists of the country have written an open letter against the Planning Commission poverty line.
- 'Planning Commission's national poverty line is unacceptable'The planning commission, has proposed national poverty line at Rs 32 and Rs 26 per capita per month for urban and rural areas resp.
- Poverty line at Rs 32: Percentage of poor declining in the country, says Planning CommissionAs per Plan panel's estimates, 40.74 crore people were poor as on March 1, 2005. India's population is 121 crore as per the 2011 Census.
- Rs 25 a day is good enough, says Planning Commission in an affidavit to the Supreme CourtThe Plan panel's affidavit is certain to come under attack from within the government as well as outside.
- Parliamentary Committee questions move to introduce Food BillThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on finance has questioned the government's move to introduce a right to food bill when it did not have...
- Rural poor estimated at 42%Conventional wisdom holds that poverty is more widespread in India than the government cares to admit. After all, economy's growth in the d...
- 50% Indians living below poverty line: Govt panelIn what could provide a radical boost to UPA’s aam aadmi agenda but also pose a mind-boggling fiscal challenge, a government panel has reco...
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