The Economic Times
The country's main planning body on Thursday said it will take a re-look at the just-released poverty figures, which have drawn widespread criticism for its criteria and even elicited concern from the prime minister. The Planning Commission said it...
The Hindustan Times
The controversy over number of poor in India took a new turn on Thursday when the Planning Commission junked Tendulkar methodology which was basis for the claim that 29.8% of Indians were poor. Hit by a political storm with Mulayam Singh Yadav...
Daily News & Analysis
Amidst strong criticism of the Planning Commission pegging the poverty line at Rs 28.65 daily per capita consumption for cities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said a fresh group has been set up to devise a new method to assess the number...