Question

Evaluate the recommendations made by the Rangarajan Committee regarding poverty estimation in India.

1. The Rangarajan Committee recommended a higher poverty threshold than the Tendulkar Committee.
2. The Rangarajan Committee suggested a poverty line of Rs 47 per day for urban areas and Rs 33 per day for rural areas.
3. The Government of India accepted and implemented the Rangarajan Committee's poverty estimates.
4. The Rangarajan Committee was formed to review and revise the poverty estimation methods.

• A. iii, iv
• B. iv
• C. i, ii, iv
• D. ii, iii

Answer 1

Answer:

C. i, ii, iv

• The Expert Group, led by Dr. C. Rangarajan, was constituted to re-examine and update the methodology for estimating poverty in India, as the Tendulkar Committee's estimates were deemed too low for a developing economy.

• The committee proposed significantly higher poverty lines: Rs 47 per day for urban residents and Rs 33 per day for rural residents.

• However, these recommendations were not adopted by the government, and the Tendulkar line continued to be the official benchmark.