Poverty Estimates 2013 –UPA-2’s State of Stunted Mind
The Planning Commission’s updated poverty estimates for the year 2011-12 based on the National Sample Survey’s 68th round survey on monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) throws new light on poverty reduction in India. The timing and comparative presentation of estimates turned out to be an occasion to unsettle the debate on poverty and its dynamics in India once again. Several… Read more →