Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceEconomicsPOVERTY3 Marks
Question
Write a brief note on Tendulkar Committee report.
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Answer
endulkar Committee Report$-2009:$ To overcome drawbacks of all the previous methods of calculating poverty line a committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Suresh Tendulkar was formed. It presented its report in $2009$ and gave a new measure of poverty line. The method suggested by this committee incorporated expenses done after health and education were also covered to get a more realistic picture of poverty. According to the new method, in the year $2011-12,$ the minimum value of poverty line was modified, for urban and rural area. As per the new method, the minimum per capita daily expenditure needed for rural area was set to be $₹ 27 (Rs. 816$ per month$)$ and that for urban was set to $₹ 33 (Rs. 1000$ per month$).$
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