Poverty not a numbers game

The ongoing debate about the Planning Commission setting a per capita expenditure of Rs 32 a day as the norm for offering benefits targeted at the poor has rapidly taken the hue of a heartless official body being challenged by those who are much more concerned about the poor. Ironically, this emotional twist to the debate allows the Commission to present itself as the rational body that knows what the country can afford, while its critics are unrealistic dreamers.

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