A FEW months back, on the basis of the Tendulkar Committee Report, the government accepted a new methodology for estimating the poverty line. In India, so far the poverty line was measured only in terms of the food basket as per the standards laid down in 1998, according to which, an urban family (of five) earning Rs 2200 per month or less and a rural family (of five) earning Rs 1650 or less is poor. It only considered the food aspect of...
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