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Govt defends poverty estimates [1]

Plan panel, though, concedes that inequalities did rise marginally after 2004-05

Faced with criticism from opposition parties and civil society on its poverty estimates, the Planning Commission on Tuesday defended its calculations, albeit pointing to “serious” discrepancy in data on consumption expenditure.

Publication Date: 
21/03/2012
Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Planning Commission [3], Supreme Court [4], National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) [5], Population [6], Economy [7], Poverty [8]

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