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CGPSC Prelims General Studies 2016 Solved Paper 1

Question : 22 of 100

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Who has determined the poverty-line, Rs. 32/-per day, per person consumption expenditure for rural area and Rs. 47/- per day, per person consumption for urban area in India?

Prof. S. D. Tendulkar. Committee
Prof. C. Rangrajan Committee
Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Mr. Yashwant Sinha Committee
Dr. Bimal Jalan

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Solution:

Concept:

The poverty line in India has been redefined from time to time by expert committees appointed by the Planning Commission.

Explanation:

The committee that fixed the daily per-person consumption expenditure at

\text{Rs. }32

for rural areas and

\text{Rs. }47

for urban areas was the Rangarajan Committee.

It raised the earlier Tendulkar Committee limits of

\text{Rs. }27

(rural) and

\text{Rs. }33

(urban).

Monthly per capita expenditure thus became about

\text{Rs. }972

in rural India and

\text{Rs. }1{,}407

in urban India.

The committee was chaired by Prof. C. Rangarajan and submitted its report to the Union Planning Minister.

Other committees listed are unrelated to this poverty line: the Tendulkar Committee (2009 report) used a lower line, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia was Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, the Yashwant Sinha Committee dealt with conflict-related issues, and the Dr. Bimal Jalan Committee (2018) reviewed the RBI's economic capital framework.

Answer:

Prof. C. Rangarajan Committee.

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