Poverty estimation in India is carried out by _______.

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SSC MTS Memory Based Paper (Held on: 8th May 2023 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is NITI Aayogs's task force .

Important Points

Poverty estimation is India is carried out by NITI Aayog's task force through the calculation of the poverty line based on data captured by the National Sample Survey Office under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation(MOSPI).

Additional Information

Basis of poverty line estimation

Various committees formed for poverty estimation.

Committee	Year	Important outcome/recommendation
Alagh Committee	1979	This committee determines a poverty line based on a minimum daily requirement of 2400 and 2100 calories for an adult in Rural and Urban area respectively.
Ladkawala Committee	1993	This committee used the CPI-IL(Consumer Price Index for Industrial Laborers) and CPI-AL(Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Laborers) for estimation of the poverty line.
Tendulkar Committee	2009	This committee adopted 'cost of living' as the basis for identifying poverty
Rangarajan Committee	2012	The poverty line is estimated as Monthly Per Capita Expenditure of Rs.1407 in urban areas and Rs. 972 in the rural area