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Social security for 100 million workers likely by 2019As 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...
No consensus on higher poverty line: MinisterThe present poverty estimates are based on the methodology recommended by the Expert Group under the chairmanship of Suresh D Tendulkar in ...
NITI Aayog task force bats for Tendulkar committee's Low Poverty LineNITI Aayog, the government's premier think tank, has suggested a two-pronged strategy to eliminate extreme poverty in the country.
New methodology to estimate number of poor soonA 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...
Mayawati slams NDA government over Rangarajan panel reportThe Rangarajan Committee was set up last year to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty and clear the ambiguity.
India has 100 million more poor: C Rangarajan CommitteeAs per the report submitted by Rangarajan persons spending below Rs 47 a day in cities would be considered poor.
Planning Commission to take view on Rangarajan panel report on povertyPlanning Commission is considering report of Rangarajan panel, which reviewed Tendulkar committee methodology for estimating poverty, but h...
Government aware of states giving freebies: Rajeev ShuklaGovt is aware that some states are doling out freebies like laptops, TVs and bicycles, Planning Min Rajeev Shukla informed the Rajya Sabha.
Planning Commission sticks to old formula to define poorPeople spending more than Rs 27.2 per day in villages and Rs 33.3 in cities are not poor, according to latest data released by the governme...
Poverty declines to 21.9% in the country in 2011-12Poverty ratio in the country has declined to 21.9% in 2011-12 from 37.2% in 2004-05 on account of increase in per capita consumption, Plann...
Planning panel remained in news for wrong reasons in 2012It all began in March with the Planning Commission coming out with poverty numbers based on the Tendulkar Committee methodology which raise...
UP, Bihar and Maharashtra home to highest number of poor: GovernmentUttar Pradesh had the highest number of poor population at 7.37 crore, followed by Bihar and Maharashtra in 2009-10, Parliament was informe...
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...
- Jairam Ramesh attacks MPs questioning plan panel's definition of poor
As per the methodology adopted by the Tendulkar Committee for estimation of poverty, the spend on health and education is also factored in.
- BPL row: Rs 32 per capita per day does not represent Planning Commission's views, says Montek Singh
Planning Commission today said a new methodology will be worked out to determine entitlements of beneficiaries under various schemes for po...
- Poverty line at Rs 32: Percentage of poor declining in the country, says Planning Commission
As 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.