01234nam a2200193Ia 4500 9152 9152 9789332703834 339.460954 RAN-C Rangarajan, C. Dev, S. Mahendra Counting the poor in India : where do we stand New Delhi Academic Foundation 2017 150p include bibliography There has been a considerable amount of debate on how to measure poverty. To review and take a fresh look at the methodology for measurements of poverty, the Government of India appointed an Expert Group (Rangarajan Committee) in June 2012. This book contains the Report of the Expert Group and four other articles which were written subsequently to explain some of the issues that were raised after the publication of the Report. The four papers of the book discuss various issues on poverty measurement including the comparison of Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data, estimates of poverty using different cut-off points and the impact of public expenditure on health and education on poverty. Poverty Government policy India Poverty Estimation India Poverty Measurement India BK ddc 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2018-03-20 OP 2018-02-28 0 339.460954 RAN-C 49670 2019-04-18 00:00:00 2019-04-18 BK