How to identify the poor? A proposal

The Census of 2002 to identify the poor in rural areas of India was the third in a quinquennial series. However, it has been appropriately criticised. This paper elaborates on the criticisms, and proposes an alternative set of criteria and methodology for conducting the next (now overdue) census of the rural population to identify the poor.

Publication Date: 
09/05/2009
Santosh Mehrotra, Harsh Mander
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Land Ownership, Consumption Patterns, Migration, Rural Housing, Rural Sanitation, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Unemployment, Education, Ministry Of Rural Development, India, Food Security, Rural Poverty, Planning Commission, Debt