The politics of poverty

The Planning Commission’s estimate that people were pulled out of poverty three times faster between 2004-05 and 2011-12 than 1994-95 to 2004-05 should settle, once and for all, the debate about growth versus equity or distributive justice. One can question the methodology of the Planning Commission’s Expert Group under S. D. Tendulkar for estimating the reduction in the number of poor in the country.

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