The Union Cabinet has approved a headcount to assess the number of people below the poverty line (BPL) after a gap of nine years, but it could not end a debate over the methodology of counting the poor and extending social welfare activities like food and health to all. On the one side of the debate are social activists and states, and on the other stands the Planning Commission. Till the Ni
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/poverty-census-sparks-debate-over-poor
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sanjeeb-mukherjee-indivjal-dhasmana
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/planning-commission
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-2011
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-sample-survey-organisation-nsso
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-distribution-system-pds
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
