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Beyond the debate, government accepts 65% of Indians are poor [1]

While the Opposition pillories the Planning Commission for using a formal definition of poverty that ensures the percentage of people below the poverty line is lower than what it ought to be, the g

Publication Date: 
25/07/2013
Rukmini S [2], M.K. Venu [3]
Hindu (New Delhi) [4]
Tags:
India [5], Poverty [6], Planning Commission [7], Population [8], National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) [9], Food Security [10], Ministry Of Rural Development [11]

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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/planning-commission
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-sample-survey-organisation-nsso
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-rural-development