In the backdrop of the government removing the Rs 32 BPL cap, tonight at 10 Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts whether the plan panel has succumbed to political pressure.
04:25 PM, Oct 03, 2011
New Delhi: Facing severe criticism over its Rs 32 cap in urban areas for determining the poverty line, the Government finally decided to remove the condition on Monday. The decision to remove the Below Poverty Line (BPL) cap came after Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh reached an agreement on the issue in a meeting in New Delhi. "We are clearly, categorically,...
03:24 PM, Oct 03, 2011
People all over the country are upset about the Rs 32 BPL cap set by the Planning Commission and are calling it a cruel joke. ...
01:56 PM, Oct 03, 2011
New Delhi: The government is likely to revise the Rs 32 yardstick for poverty on Monday. This development comes after Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh reached an agreement on the issue of the per capita Below Poverty Line (BPL) cap in a meeting. According to reports, Ahluwalia and Ramesh agreed both on entitlement as well and the BPL cap. They are...
01:10 PM, Oct 03, 2011
People from Delhi are asking Montek Singh to show them how to live on just Rs 32. ...
08:18 AM, Oct 03, 2011
New Delhi: A day after he met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Planning Commission Dy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia will meet Rural Development Min Jairam Ramesh on Monday on the per capita Below Poverty Line (BPL) cap. This will be the first meeting after the controversial affidavit, which was endorsed by the Prime Minister was filed in the Supreme Court. The matter will come up in the court on October 11....
07:33 AM, Oct 03, 2011
New Delhi: The Planning Commission is set to revise the Below Poverty Line (BPL) figure after the raging controversy over the Rs 32 per capita per day poverty line definition. Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Sunday met the Prime Minister for the first time since the controversy first erupted. They discussed the Plan panel's affidavit which says that those who earn more than Rs 32 in cities...
09:05 PM, Oct 02, 2011
New Delhi: Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia met the Prime Minister on Sunday for the first time since the controversy over the Rs 32 poverty line cap erupted. The two leaders are said to have discussed the affidavit, which said that people consuming items worth more than Rs 32 per day in urban areas and Rs 26 in rural areas are not poor. As per the affidavit, a...
05:09 PM, Oct 02, 2011
New Delhi: On the second day of the BJP National Executive Meet in the capital senior leader LK Advani will deliver the valedictory address and also pass a political resolution on the poverty figure. The Rs 32 poverty figure set by the Planning Commission is said to be one of the main talking points at the meet along with corruption. BJP leader Uma Bharti slammed the Congress saying that corruption...
12:27 PM, Oct 01, 2011
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, tipped by many in the Congress to become the Prime Minister, has sought a fresh look on the Rs 32 yardstick for poverty. Sources said the Planning Commission is now likely to do a rethink on the below poverty line (BPL) yardstick. Sources said the Congress General Secretary is seeking answers on the affidavit filed by the Planning Commission in the Supreme Court which said an...
07:09 AM, Oct 01, 2011
New Delhi: Government on Friday indicated that the Planning Commission could change its controversial affidavit on BPL, which had held that people earning more than Rs 25 in rural areas and Rs 32 in urban areas do not come under this category of the poor. "These figures could undergo a change, who knows some other statistics may come up, which is acceptable to Planning Commission. "There is concern among people....
02:47 PM, Sep 30, 2011
New Delhi: An open letter from the Right to food Campaigners to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission. September 29th, 2011 Dear Mr Ahluwalia, While you were abroad deliberating on global matters, the Planning Commission filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court claiming that the "poverty line of Rs 25 and Rs 32 (rural and urban areas respectively) ensures the adequacy of private expenditure on food, health...
10:42 AM, Sep 30, 2011
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has urged the Centre to incorporate provisions like setting up an independent commission for ascertaining the number of beneficiaries and cash transfer to them in the proposed Food Security Bill. "The identification and listing of the beneficiaries under the proposed national food security bill is a complex activity that is best undertaken under the leadership and supervision of a competent and independent commission," he...
08:47 PM, Sep 25, 2011
New Delhi: Accusing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of having little knowledge of the level of poverty in the country, BJP on Saturday demanded an immediate meeting of all chief ministers and leaders of various political parties to discuss the issue of revised BPL benchmark. "The issue of poverty is too important to be left to the Planning Commission or Prime Minister, as neither the Prime Minister nor the Deputy Chairman...
08:45 PM, Sep 24, 2011
The Planning Commission said that the BPL population at present touched by the public distribution service was 35.98 crore. ...
11:57 PM, Sep 21, 2011
The Planning Commission said that the BPL population at present touched by the public distribution service was 35.98 crore. ...
11:57 PM, Sep 21, 2011
onight at 10 pm, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts whether an individual can live on Rs 32 a day in urban India?
01:14 PM, Sep 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Planning Commission on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the below poverty line (BPL) population in the country is 40.74 crore and the poverty line for the urban and rural areas could be provisionally placed at Rs 965 per capita per month (around Rs 32 per day) and Rs 781 per capita per month (around Rs 26 per day), respectively. The Planning Commission in an affidavit said...
07:59 AM, Sep 21, 2011
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has suggested the formation of a separate and independent commission to identify Below Poverty Line (BPL) beneficiaries under the proposed food security law. He said the Commission should work independently like the Election Commission, which would help both the state and Central Governments in identifying the real BPL beneficiaries. "I suggest the formation of an independent commission which should regularly identify the BPL...
01:43 PM, Sep 16, 2011
Agartala: A nationwide socio-economic and caste census to identify people living below poverty line (BPL) was flagged off from Shankhola on Wednesday, a remote tribal hamlet in Tripura West district. Rural Development Secretary B K Sinha said, "Those names would be deleted from the list of BPL beneficiaries who own a vehicle or two-wheelers, pucca houses, land phone, fishing trawler besides government employees having income above Rs 10,000 or holders...
04:31 PM, Jun 29, 2011
