"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.

India's poverty estimation has changed stances from Alagli, Lakdawala, Tendulkar to Rangarajan. Poverty lies in the eyes of beholder - need for updation: (1) Changing criteria - Atash calories 2400 kcal Rural 2100 kcal Urban, Lakdawala - income (2) Relative poverty - deprivation is relative, difficult to identify needs & wants. (3) Regional differences in price based poverty as the minimum wage etc are different (4) Desert reminder - intensity of poverty only incidence (5) Not updated metrics - difficult to judge, based on changing inflation