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Which of the following committee is related to the estimation of poverty in India? 

Which of the following committee is related to the estimation of poverty in India?  Correct Answer Suresh Tendulkar Committee

The correct answer is Suresh Tendulkar Committee.

Key Points

  • The Suresh Tendulkar Committee, which was responsible for studying the portion of the population that lived below the poverty line (BPL).

Additional Information 

  • Kelkar committee
    • To evaluate PPP in India was a committee set up to study and evaluate the extant public-private partnership (PPP) model in India.
    • The committee was set up by India's central government and headed by Vijay Kelkar.
  • S.P. Gupta, the then Member, Planning Commission (1999); (v) Working Group on Flow of Credit to SSI Sector under the chairmanship of Dr. A.S. Ganguly (2003) and Working Group on 'Rehabilitation of sick SMEs'.
  • Lakdawala Committee (1993)
    • ​Task Force chaired by DT Lakdawala, based on the assumption that the basket of goods and services used to calculate Consumer Price Index-Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) and Consumer Price Index- Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) reflect the consumption patterns of the poor, made the following suggestions:
      • Consumption expenditure should be calculated based on calorie consumption as earlier.
      • State-specific poverty lines should be constructed and these should be updated using the CPI-IW in urban areas and CPI-AL in rural areas.

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