These are methodological differences, and any such finding wouldn’t be comparable with what the poverty ratio would be, had NSS data existed today and had a Tendulkar poverty ratio been computed. That figure was the Tendulkar poverty line, originally computed for 2004–05 and then reapplied in 2011–12. Niti Aayog monitors India’s progress towards SDGs and quantifies poverty through a Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). These are methodological differences, and any such finding wouldn’t be comparable with what the poverty ratio would be, had NSS data existed today and had a Tendulkar poverty ratio been computed. Niti Aayog monitors India’s progress towards SDGs and quantifies poverty through a Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).

Source: Indian Express October 01, 2022 06:03 UTC