Revisit definition of poverty: Parliament panel

December 19, 2012 21:26

A Parliamentary panel today said different estimates of the country's poor population are confusing and the government should revisit the definition of BPL (below poverty line).

"The Committee also urge the government to revisit the definition of BPL with the concerned authorities as they find it confusing that India's poor population rises and falls with every statistical redefinition," Parliament's Committee on Estimates, headed by Francisco Sardinha, said in its 18th report tabled in the Lok Sabha today.

The different estimates on poverty figures can be gauged from the fact that the Tendulkar Committee report puts the poor population in the country at 81 million families, whereas the agriculture ministry is stated to have put the number at 65 million families, the committee said.

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