No doubt that poverty has declined during the period of high GDP growth

The poverty line is taken as a cut-off between poor and non-poor, and is derived on the basis of a minimum requirement of a person. In the absence of data on income, the poverty line in India is measured in terms of monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) on food and non-food items as compiled by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) from its survey of households.

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