The hunt for the poor goes on
Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today clarified that the poverty line of R32 per capita expenditure in urban areas and R26 in rural areas (at current prices) was a mere indicator to determine how much GDP growth has helped reduce poverty levels. Anti poverty-line programme expenditure is not related to the poverty line estimates. The actual poverty line, Ahluwalia said, will be determined by the BPL census in each state.
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