As per the Tendulkar poverty line, percentage of persons below the poverty line in 2011-12 is estimated at 25.7% in rural areas, 13.7% in u...

The party has already begun the process to shortlist nominees in various constituencies.

The present poverty estimates are based on the methodology recommended by the Expert Group under the chairmanship of Suresh D Tendulkar in ...

"I have just come to know about the committee, rest I don't know. I don't even know what is the role of the advisory committee. (But) I am ...

A task-force headed by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya will soon come up with a new methodology to estimate the number of poor i...

Tendulkar, a Rajya Sabha member, said here that the Supreme Court will look into the case, and it was not wise for him to make a comment.

"As far as the role of the Planning Commission is concerned, it needs to be made more streamlined. The states should not take this institut...

The Rangarajan Committee was set up last year to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty and clear the ambiguity.

The 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.

Planning Commission is considering report of Rangarajan panel, which reviewed Tendulkar committee methodology for estimating poverty, but h...

The expert group was to submit its report in 7-9 months of its creation. But it got several extensions with the last one extended to June 3...

The Planning Commission periodically revises the poverty line at the all-India and state levels based on large household expenditure survey...

In 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...

As per the methodology adopted by the Tendulkar Committee for estimation of poverty, the spend on health and education is also factored in.

Planning Commission today said a new methodology will be worked out to determine entitlements of beneficiaries under various schemes for po...

The Planning Commission is expected to submit its estimate on the number of below the poverty line (BPL) families within 10 days to the gov...

The poor will have to wait some more before getting their right to food as promised by the UPA government in its election manifesto of 2009.