Question Q.7GS2GS2
India's poverty lies in the eyes of the beholder.' In light of this statement, examine the need for a credible and periodically updated poverty estimation framework in the country.
Main Body
India currently do not have its official matrix except last estimate under Tendulkar committee as 2011 which estimated it to be around 11.1.
Multiple Poverty Lines:
1Tendulkar (2) World Bank (3) Multi dimensional estimate poverty by NITI Aayog estimates @ 7.1 day while at 12.1. (@ @ 2.1 day)
Multiple parameter in State individual estimation of poverty further aggregate the challenge. If fragmented data on poverty in India
Need of credible and periodical poverty estimation:
1evidence based decision making (eg PM Garib Kalyan Yojana still use BGCE 2011 data
2clogging opinion on Indian development, eg need single source of natural proper nature
3beneficiary identification to defunct scheme
4joining substantive justice (eg reservation sub categorisation.
MSRPI should be empowered to formulate the poverty incidence in India catering to both Indian local needs and balancing diverse nature of Indian economy.
143 words6 paragraphs
Topper
ANKIT JARWAL
AIR 2052025
Subject & Paper
GS2GS2
Topic
Issues relating to Poverty and Hunger
Poverty and Malnutrition
Poverty and Malnutrition
Writing Stats
143
Total words
6
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