Committees and commissions
What did the Rangarajan Committee on Poverty recommend?
The Rangarajan Committee on Poverty, chaired by C Rangarajan (2014), reported on Poverty estimation review.
The detail
| Chair | C Rangarajan |
|---|---|
| Year | 2014 |
| Subject | Poverty estimation review |
| GS paper | GS-III |
Raised the poverty line above Tendulkar's; estimated 29.5% poor (2011-12); report not officially adopted.
| Chair | Raghuram Rajan |
|---|---|
| Year | 2013 |
| Subject | Backwardness of states |
| GS paper | GS-III |
Multi-dimensional index to rank states for central funds; proposed replacing the special-category lens.
| Chair | Suresh Tendulkar |
|---|---|
| Year | 2009 |
| Subject | Poverty estimation |
| GS paper | GS-III |
Moved from calorie norms to consumption expenditure; poverty line that produced the 21.9% (2011-12) estimate.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Rangarajan · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghuram_Rajan · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suresh_Tendulkar
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