Planning Commission's Latest Poverty Estimate: Who said what
Planning Commission's Latest Poverty Estimate: Who said what
The population below the poverty line declined at 0.75 percentage
points per year before our government came to office in 2004/05. It has
fallen more than two percentage points per year between 2004/05 and
2011/12, Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, in The Economic Times
Print Edition: 18 Aug, 2013
N.C. Saxena, Member of National Advisory Council, in The Hindu
This is a step away from the narrow definition of poverty we have been using. The line is really what I call a 'kutta-billi' line - only cats and dogs can survive on it N.C. Saxena, Member of National Advisory Council, in The Hindu
The population below the poverty line declined at 0.75 percentage points per year before our government came to office in 2004/05. It has fallen more than two percentage points per year between 2004/05 and 2011/12 Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, in The Economic Times
Amitabh Kundu
If the survey had covered the period 2012/13, which saw GDP growth slipping to five per cent, the poverty outcome would not have been that satisfying Amitabh Kundu, Former member of National Statistical Commission, in The Indian Express
Murli Manohar Joshi
If you change the definition of 'poor', then poverty will reduce. It depends how the poor are perceived Murli Manohar Joshi, BJP leader, on NDTV
When we talk about Rs 27.20 a day (per Person) for rural (areas) or Rs 33.33 a day for urban ones, we are talking about the basic level for survival. So these numbers are not really farfetched for a family of five Madan Sabnavis, Chief Economist at CARE Ratings, in The Economic Times
