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36 a Day and You are No More Poor
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 22 September 2011, 02:31 IST |
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In a startling assertion, it said an individual income of 
25 a day composes adequate private expenditure on food, education and health. The affidavit on the findings of the Suresh Tendulkar Committee says any family of four that spends more than 3,860 a month on its members in metros like Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai or Mumbai cannot be deemed poor.
The affidavit also states, "Assuming the average family size of five, the average per family consumption of cereals by families falling in the Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (MPCE) of poverty line works out to be 60.80 kg per month in rural areas and 51.20 kg per month in urban areas. Similarly, the consumption of pulses and pulse products was 3.22 kg per family per month in rural areas and 3.31kg. per family per month in urban areas."
The apex court had directed the planning commission to file an affidavit that justified the 14 and Rs 19 per day cap fixed for defining the below poverty line population in urban and rural areas.
However, the commission said the final poverty lines would be available only after the completion of the 2011-12 National Sample Survey (NSS) Survey.
25 a day composes adequate private expenditure on food, education and health. The affidavit on the findings of the Suresh Tendulkar Committee says any family of four that spends more than 3,860 a month on its members in metros like Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai or Mumbai cannot be deemed poor.
14 and Rs 19 per day cap fixed for defining the below poverty line population in urban and rural areas.
However, the commission said the final poverty lines would be available only after the completion of the 2011-12 National Sample Survey (NSS) Survey.
