Redefining Indian Poverty
By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 04 October 2011, 00:30 IST   |    19 Comments
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Bangalore: How will you fare? Show me how to run a day with 26? Darvinder Singh from Jammu and Kashmir asks the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia in an open letter.
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Faced with severe criticism, Montek Singh Ahluwalia met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to clear the controversies surrounding the recent poverty line cap proposed by the Planning Commission. It is expected that the planning commission might submit a clarification affidavit in the apex court explaining need for expenditure based cap. He will also discuss the issue with planning panel members in the coming days. In a country that is home to the largest number of hungry people, where education is still a dream for many, and where maternal and infant mortality are ever increasingly, the Planning Commission had recently come up with a ridiculous affidavit that said anyone spending more than 36 in urban or 26 in rural India cannot be considered poor.

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