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

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government report poverty measurement study

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government report ⓘ poverty measurement study ⓘ
addresses	rural poverty in India ⓘ urban poverty in India ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tendulkar Committee Report NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	Planning Commission of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
basisOf	official poverty estimates in India for several years after its adoption ⓘ
chairperson	Suresh D. Tendulkar NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy	Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
comparedWith	Rangarajan Committee Report on poverty estimation NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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