Maharashtra State PSC Model Paper 3

The correct answer is 1-2-4-3.

Important Point

• Planning Commission had appointed YK Alagh Committee in July 1977. Committee submitted its report in January 1979.
• This committee used the "Calorie" criteria for the measurement of Poverty.
• For Rural area - 2400 calorie
• For Urban area- 2100 calorie

• Planning Commission in September 1989 appointed D.T.Lakadwala Committee. Committee submitted its report in January 1993.
• Lakadwala committee used Alagh committee's method but it declared separate poverty lines for each state, rural as well as urban.
• Committee used the Uniform Recall Period method. The government used this method from 1997 to 2011 for the measurement of poverty.

• ​Planning Commission in December 2005 appointed Suresh Tendulkar Committee. Committee submitted its report in December 2009.
• It rejected the use of Calorie as criteria to measure poverty.
• It accepted the Food, Health, Education, Clothing as a component in poverty line basket.
• It used the data of the 61st round of NSSO.
• For Rural area- Rs. 446.68
• For Urban area- Rs. 578.8
• The above data was for the 2004-2005 year
• For the 2009-2010 year
• Rural- Rs. 673
• Urban- Rs. 860

C.Rangarajan Committee-

• In 2012 government-appointed committee under C.Rangarajan to measure poverty in the country. Committee submitted its report in 2014.
• This committee recommended using the Lakdawala Committee method to measure Poverty.
• This committee used the calorie criteria to measure the poverty
• For Rural- 2155 Calorie
• For Urban- 2090 Calorie
• It used the separate poverty line for separate state.