Inputs
on Latest in GS from CS
point of view
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Decreasing
Poverty
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On March
20, 2012
Planning
Commission
Deputy
Chairman
Montek
Singh
Ahluwalia
said that
the latest
poverty
estimates
show that
the rate
of
reduction
in
poverty,
using the
Tendulkar
poverty
line, has
accelerated
considerably
after
2004-05.
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The rate
of
reduction
in the
five years
between
2004-05
and
2009-10 is
about 1.5
percentage
points per
year.
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This is
twice as
fast as
the rate
of
reduction
in the
previous
11 years,
from
1993-94 to
2004-05.
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Poverty
estimates
for
2009-10
are at
29.8 per
cent
compared
to 37.2
per cent
in 2004-05
and 45.3
per cent
in
1993-94.
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On a
monthly
basis, the
poverty
estimates
for urban
areas is
Rs 4298
and for
rural
areas, Rs
3364 as
compared
to Rs 2894
and Rs
2234 in
2004-05.
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Ahluwalia
has
asserted
that the
poverty
estimates
are not
for fixing
the
threshold
for
entitlements
for food
subsidy
benefits
and it
would not
be linked
to the
number of
persons
estimated
to be
below the
official
poverty
line.
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For the
purpose of
food
security,
the size
of the
beneficiary
population
will be
much
larger and
will be
determined
as per
entitlements
stated in
the Food
Security
Bill,
which is
being
finalised.
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He said
the real
purpose of
estimating
a
population
below a
fixed
poverty
line is to
judge
whether
progress
was being
made over
time.
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While
defending
the
poverty
estimates,
the
Planning
Commission
has also
tried to
emphasise
that the
estimates
on the
basis of
the
Tendulkar
poverty
line are
per capita
expenditure
on a
monthly
basis and
not daily
basis.
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