CAIIB · RB · Chapter 15

POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS

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Working Group — Year / Key Recommendation?

Year: 1962; Key Recommendation: First "₹20/month per capita" rural / ₹25 urban benchmark.

Y.K. Alagh Committee — Year / Key Recommendation?

Year: 1979; Key Recommendation: Calorie norm — 2,400 kcal rural / 2,100 kcal urban per day.

D.T. Lakdawala Committee — Year / Key Recommendation?

Year: 1993; Key Recommendation: State-specific poverty lines using state CPI-AL / CPI-IW.

Suresh Tendulkar Committee — Year / Key Recommendation?

Year: 2009; Key Recommendation: Moved away from calorie-only; MMRP consumption basket; uniform all-India poverty line basket; estimated poverty in 2011-12 at 21.9%.

C. Rangarajan Committee — Year / Key Recommendation?

Year: 2014; Key Recommendation: Higher cut-off — ₹972/month rural, ₹1,407/month urban (2011-12 prices); poverty in 2011-12 at 29.5% (rural 30.9%, urban 26.4%).

NITI Aayog MPI — Year / Key Recommendation?

Year: 2021 onwards; Key Recommendation: Multidimensional Poverty Index — global Alkire-Foster method.

Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2024 — Institution / Latest India rank / value?

Institution: Welthungerhilfe + Concern Worldwide; Latest India rank / value: 105 / 127 (Serious)

Human Development Index (HDI) 2025 (UNDP HDR 2025, for ref. year 2023) — Institution / Latest India rank / value?

Institution: UNDP; Latest India rank / value: 130 / 193 (Medium HD, HDI 0.685)

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