New Poverty Norms Adopted by the Rangarajan Committee

The Expert Group under the Chairmanship of Dr C. Rangarajan to Review the Methodology for Measurement of Poverty in the country constituted by the Planning Commission in June 2012 had submitted its report on 30th June 2014.

Criteria Adopted by the Rangarajan Committee

• The new poverty line includes certain normative levels of adequate nourishment, clothing, house rent, conveyance and education, and a behaviorally determined level of other non-food expenses.
• It has computed the average requirements of calories, proteins and fats based on ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) norms differentiated by age, gender and activity for all-India rural and urban regions ....