Ethics & economics

There was a bitter argument over the provisional poverty line put out by the Planning Commission in an affidavit to the Supreme Court, which drew the line at Rs 32 per capita per day in urban areas and Rs 26 per person in rural areas. The Planning Commission has now “clarified” its position. While the Tendulkar Committee line will remain a point of reference, various welfare entitlements will now hinge on a socio-economic-caste census. This census will aim to identify real levels of deprivation, and anti-poverty programmes will be pitched at the specific populations who most need them.

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