However, the real problem is identifying a suitable poverty line. The poverty line is not any arbitrary line, but is the monetary value of some normative expenditure that is essential for satisfying the basic needs. It is here that the approaches differ.
A minor but crucial component of this is that whatever poverty line is chosen, it should be uniform across rural and urban areas and also across states, the only adjustment being that of the cost of living to account for differences in prices. Except for the Tendulkar committee report, all other estimates ignore these essential elements of poverty estimation. For example, the Sengupta committee has estimated poverty on a poverty line of Rs20 per capita per day. Unfortunately, no basis has been specified for choosing this number.
Incidentally, this number is not very different from the Rs Not making this adjustment would mean that a person spending the same amount of money in real terms would be treated as poor in rural areas, but not in urban areas. The Tendulkar committee report does away with this anomaly. However, it does this without specifying a poverty line and without any justification for the estimate. What is a poverty line? Who brings out the poverty estimates in India? The erstwhile Planning Commission used to release the poverty measures.
How is it measured? Why has there been so much criticism about the poverty line in India? How do other countries define the poverty line? How is poverty measured in Europe? How is it measured in the US? How does the Indian poverty scenario compare with the African countries? Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe.
Thank you for subscribing to our Daily News Capsule newsletter. Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin. Sign Up. How does the Indian poverty scenario compare with African countries? The food poverty line in Indian rupees was Rs 1, per capita per month in , middle poverty line was of Rs 2, and upper poverty line of Rs 3, Per capita poverty line of a rural adult Rwandian in Indian terms comes out to be Rs per month, slightly more than Rs for a person in rural India. The poverty line was Rwadan Franc , and it was based on a national consumption survey done in at the prices of October One should not forget that prices of food items in Rwanda are less than in India.
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