Report of the Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Estimation of Poverty (Tendulkar Committee Report)

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The "Report of the Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Estimation of Poverty" (Tendulkar Committee Report) is a landmark Indian government study that redefined the official methodology for measuring poverty in India, influencing subsequent poverty lines and policy debates.

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instanceOf government report ⓘ
poverty measurement study ⓘ
addresses rural poverty in India ⓘ
urban poverty in India ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tendulkar Committee Report ⓘ
appointedBy Planning Commission of India ⓘ
basisOf official poverty estimates in India for several years after its adoption ⓘ
chairperson Suresh D. Tendulkar ⓘ
commissionedBy Government of India ⓘ
comparedWith Rangarajan Committee Report on poverty estimation ⓘ
context reform of official poverty estimation in India in the 2000s ⓘ
country India ⓘ
criticizedFor setting a low poverty line in monetary terms ⓘ
underestimation of multidimensional aspects of poverty ⓘ
focus review of methodology for estimation of poverty in India ⓘ
impact change in state-wise poverty ratios in India ⓘ
revised estimates of the proportion of population below the poverty line in India ⓘ
influenced design of social welfare schemes in India ⓘ
poverty lines used in the Eleventh Five Year Plan of India ⓘ
subsequent policy debates on poverty in India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
levelOfApplication national level poverty estimation in India ⓘ
state level poverty estimation in India ⓘ
methodologicalShiftFrom calorie-based poverty norms ⓘ
methodologicalShiftTo consumption-expenditure-based poverty lines anchored in urban consumption patterns ⓘ
objective to redefine the official methodology for measuring poverty in India ⓘ
policyRelevance used for monitoring progress in poverty reduction in India ⓘ
used for targeting of anti-poverty programmes in India ⓘ
predecessorMethodology Lakdawala Committee methodology for poverty estimation ⓘ
recommends incorporation of private expenditure on health and education in poverty estimation ⓘ
new poverty line for India ⓘ
shift from calorie-norm-based poverty lines to consumption-expenditure-based poverty lines ⓘ
use of mixed reference period consumption data from NSSO surveys ⓘ
use of uniform poverty line basket for rural and urban areas ⓘ
subjectArea development studies ⓘ
economics ⓘ
public policy ⓘ
usedDataFrom National Sample Survey Office consumption expenditure surveys ⓘ

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Suresh Tendulkar → notableWork → Report of the Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Estimation of Poverty (Tendulkar Committee Report) ⓘ
Suresh D. Tendulkar → knownFor → Tendulkar poverty line ⓘ
linked to: Report of the Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Estimation of Poverty (Tendulkar Committee Report)