UPPCS Prelims 2025 · GS Paper I: Consider the following Committees relating to poverty and arrange their formation in correct chronological…
Consider the following Committees relating to poverty and arrange their formation in correct chronological order.
- 1. Lakdawala Committee
- 2. Rangarajan Committee
- 3. Tendulkar Committee
- 4. Dandekar and Rath Committee
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Answer (d) & explanation
Option (d), 4, 1, 3, 2, is correct. V.M. Dandekar and N. Rath published their study of poverty in India in 1971, setting a calorie-based poverty line of 2,250 calories per day. The Lakdawala Expert Group (1989, report 1993) introduced state-specific poverty lines. The Tendulkar Committee (set up 2005, report 2009) used a broader basket including health and education and estimated poverty at 21.9% in 2011-12. The Rangarajan Committee (set up 2012, report 2014) put it at 29.5%. Options (a), (b) and (c) misorder them. Concept: earlier, the Alagh Task Force (1979) set calorie norms of 2,400 (rural) and 2,100 (urban). Today, NITI Aayog uses the multidimensional poverty index. Trap: Tendulkar came before Rangarajan.
Tendulkar (2009) came before Rangarajan (2014).
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