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The "criteria of identification of the poor remains nebulous," the Yashwant Sinha-headed committee has observed. <br /><br />The proposed food security bill, seen as the largest such legislation anywhere in the world, hinges on the definition of the poor. The draft bill, finalised this week by the Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council, has different entitlements for below poverty line and general categories. However, it is as yet unclear which definition of poverty the government would follow. <br /><br />The parliamentary panel has suggested that the government adopt a comprehensive and multidimensional approach to poverty to enable a more dynamic enumeration of the poor. This, it argues, would help ensure that programmes to alleviate poverty are effective. <br /><br />In its report, 'Appraisal of the BPL Critieria', the panel has shown that the present system of estimating poverty and identification of the poor has resulted in a situation where there is considerable divergence between official estimates and the actual incidence of poverty. <br /><br />Depending on the criteria, the number of persons who would classify as poor varied. In reviewing the work done by various expert groups, the panel found wide variations in the estimates of poverty on account of the criteria used by each expert group. It has therefore suggested harmonising the criteria for identifying and enumerating the poor through a joint mechanism comprising the central, state and local agencies concerned. <br /><br />While the Planning Commission's Tendulkar Committee found that at an all India level 37.2% of the population as poor on the basis of calorie intake norms, the Rural Development Ministry's Saxena Committee found that upward of 50% of the population would be classified as poor and 80% if calorie intake was to be considered. <br /><br />And the national Commission for Enterprises and Unorganised Sector's Arjun Sengupta Committee found 77% of the population to be poor, if conditions of work and livelihood was considered. <br /><br />At present, the Planning Commission estimates the incidence of poverty by using the NSSO's sample surveys of household consumer expenditure. It is the rural development ministry that conducts the census to identify the below poverty line (BPL) households in rural areas, which could be targeted through the ministry's programmes. As the criteria for the BPL census changed, so did the numbers. However, no census is undertaken by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation to estimate the number of poor in urban areas. <br /><br /><br />The ministry has argued that "it is very costly and that the size of urban poverty alleviation programme handled by the ministry had hitherto been very small." The committee is critical of the Planning Commission's efforts. "The criteria and estimates formulated by the Planning Commission have proved to be inadequate, unrealistic and thus eluded proper implementation at the State level. <br /><br />The committee does not consider it prudent, practical and fair that the Planning Commission should impose a ceiling or limit on poverty to be strictly adhered to by the States. Such a top-down approach can only yield the kind of distorted results evidenced so far." <br /><br />The panel has pointed out several problems that plague the government's efforts to identify the poor. Multiple indicators, depending on which agency or department is counting, are used for identification of the poor, there is a divergence of official estimates of poverty ratio with the actual incidence of poverty, no poverty census in urban areas, use of different methodologies for estimation and identification of BPL households, restricting the identification of poor in states to the cap fixed by the Planning Commission, variation in estimates, wrong-targeting of beneficiaries of welfare schemes. <br /><br />The committee has expressed concern about the absence of a proper and consistent set of parameters. The parliamentary panel stressed that the existing poverty line approach has its inherent limitations and may not capture important aspects of the real living conditions of the people. An example of this is the fact that though states like Assam, Andhra Pradesh and J&K have a high malnourishment ratio, Planning panel's poverty estimates of these states are much lower. <br /><br />It has suggested the need to identify and use appropriate criteria to estimate poverty and its various facets." The Committee cannot help expressing regret over the fact that the criteria / approach recommended by various expert groups set up from time to time for defining and determining 'poverty' or 'poverty line' thus far have only left question marks and have failed in capturing the actual incidence of poverty in the country. <br /><br />Important aspects such as ill health, low educational attainments, geographical isolation, powerlessness or disempowerment in civil society, caste or gender based inherent disadvantages etc. remain to be conclusively captured in identifying and enumerating the poor. The wide variation in determining the population of the poor is illustrated by the fact that as per one of the expert groups appointed recently, the BPL population in the country would be as much as 80% as per the existing calorie norm of 2,400, while as per another norm it is only 37.2%." <br /><br />It has recommended that the identification of the poor should be based on collectible information covering broader aspects such as access to primary health including the number of illnesses of household members to assess the economic burden of poor health, indebtedness, access to basic education. This would allow for a more comprehensive approach to determine poverty. 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The "criteria of identification of the poor remains nebulous," the Yashwant Sinha-headed committee has observed. <br /><br />The proposed food security bill, seen as the largest such legislation anywhere in the world, hinges on the definition of the poor. The draft bill, finalised this week by the Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council, has different entitlements for below poverty line and general categories. However, it is as yet unclear which definition of poverty the government would follow. <br /><br />The parliamentary panel has suggested that the government adopt a comprehensive and multidimensional approach to poverty to enable a more dynamic enumeration of the poor. This, it argues, would help ensure that programmes to alleviate poverty are effective. <br /><br />In its report, 'Appraisal of the BPL Critieria', the panel has shown that the present system of estimating poverty and identification of the poor has resulted in a situation where there is considerable divergence between official estimates and the actual incidence of poverty. <br /><br />Depending on the criteria, the number of persons who would classify as poor varied. In reviewing the work done by various expert groups, the panel found wide variations in the estimates of poverty on account of the criteria used by each expert group. It has therefore suggested harmonising the criteria for identifying and enumerating the poor through a joint mechanism comprising the central, state and local agencies concerned. <br /><br />While the Planning Commission's Tendulkar Committee found that at an all India level 37.2% of the population as poor on the basis of calorie intake norms, the Rural Development Ministry's Saxena Committee found that upward of 50% of the population would be classified as poor and 80% if calorie intake was to be considered. <br /><br />And the national Commission for Enterprises and Unorganised Sector's Arjun Sengupta Committee found 77% of the population to be poor, if conditions of work and livelihood was considered. <br /><br />At present, the Planning Commission estimates the incidence of poverty by using the NSSO's sample surveys of household consumer expenditure. It is the rural development ministry that conducts the census to identify the below poverty line (BPL) households in rural areas, which could be targeted through the ministry's programmes. As the criteria for the BPL census changed, so did the numbers. However, no census is undertaken by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation to estimate the number of poor in urban areas. <br /><br /><br />The ministry has argued that "it is very costly and that the size of urban poverty alleviation programme handled by the ministry had hitherto been very small." The committee is critical of the Planning Commission's efforts. "The criteria and estimates formulated by the Planning Commission have proved to be inadequate, unrealistic and thus eluded proper implementation at the State level. <br /><br />The committee does not consider it prudent, practical and fair that the Planning Commission should impose a ceiling or limit on poverty to be strictly adhered to by the States. Such a top-down approach can only yield the kind of distorted results evidenced so far." <br /><br />The panel has pointed out several problems that plague the government's efforts to identify the poor. Multiple indicators, depending on which agency or department is counting, are used for identification of the poor, there is a divergence of official estimates of poverty ratio with the actual incidence of poverty, no poverty census in urban areas, use of different methodologies for estimation and identification of BPL households, restricting the identification of poor in states to the cap fixed by the Planning Commission, variation in estimates, wrong-targeting of beneficiaries of welfare schemes. <br /><br />The committee has expressed concern about the absence of a proper and consistent set of parameters. The parliamentary panel stressed that the existing poverty line approach has its inherent limitations and may not capture important aspects of the real living conditions of the people. An example of this is the fact that though states like Assam, Andhra Pradesh and J&K have a high malnourishment ratio, Planning panel's poverty estimates of these states are much lower. <br /><br />It has suggested the need to identify and use appropriate criteria to estimate poverty and its various facets." The Committee cannot help expressing regret over the fact that the criteria / approach recommended by various expert groups set up from time to time for defining and determining 'poverty' or 'poverty line' thus far have only left question marks and have failed in capturing the actual incidence of poverty in the country. <br /><br />Important aspects such as ill health, low educational attainments, geographical isolation, powerlessness or disempowerment in civil society, caste or gender based inherent disadvantages etc. remain to be conclusively captured in identifying and enumerating the poor. The wide variation in determining the population of the poor is illustrated by the fact that as per one of the expert groups appointed recently, the BPL population in the country would be as much as 80% as per the existing calorie norm of 2,400, while as per another norm it is only 37.2%." <br /><br />It has recommended that the identification of the poor should be based on collectible information covering broader aspects such as access to primary health including the number of illnesses of household members to assess the economic burden of poor health, indebtedness, access to basic education. This would allow for a more comprehensive approach to determine poverty. It will also take into account dynamic aspects like slipping back and forth across the poverty line and issues relating to empowerment of masses. </p><p align="justify"> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <br><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/parliamentary-committee-questions-move-to-introduce-food-bill/articleshow/8984561.cms" class="re" target="_blank">The Economic Times, 25 June, 2011, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/parliamentary-committee-questions-move-to-introduce-food-bill/articleshow/8984561.cms</a><div class="clear"></div> <div style="padding-top: 18px;"> <p class="post-tag">Tagged with: <a class="tagcloud5" href="https://im4change.in/search?qryStr=food security bill" title="food security bill"> food security bill </a> <a class="tagcloud5" href="https://im4change.in/search?qryStr=Right to Food" title="Right to Food"> Right to Food </a> <a class="tagcloud5" href="https://im4change.in/search?qryStr=bpl" title="bpl"> bpl </a> <a class="tagcloud5" href="https://im4change.in/search?qryStr=Poverty" title="Poverty"> Poverty </a> </p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <br><br> <div class="widget-top"> <h4>Related Articles</h4> <div class="stripe-line"></div> </div> <div class="widget-container"> <ul id="recentcomments"> <li class="recentcomments"> <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts-57/135-million-indians-exited-multidimensional-poverty-as-per-government-figures-is-that-the-same-as-poverty-reduction.html" title="135 Million Indians Exited “Multidimensional" Poverty as per Government Figures. 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The "criteria of identification of the poor remains nebulous," the Yashwant Sinha-headed committee has observed. <br /><br />The proposed food security bill, seen as the largest such legislation anywhere in the world, hinges on the definition of the poor. The draft bill, finalised this week by the Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council, has different entitlements for below poverty line and general categories. However, it is as yet unclear which definition of poverty the government would follow. <br /><br />The parliamentary panel has suggested that the government adopt a comprehensive and multidimensional approach to poverty to enable a more dynamic enumeration of the poor. This, it argues, would help ensure that programmes to alleviate poverty are effective. <br /><br />In its report, 'Appraisal of the BPL Critieria', the panel has shown that the present system of estimating poverty and identification of the poor has resulted in a situation where there is considerable divergence between official estimates and the actual incidence of poverty. <br /><br />Depending on the criteria, the number of persons who would classify as poor varied. In reviewing the work done by various expert groups, the panel found wide variations in the estimates of poverty on account of the criteria used by each expert group. It has therefore suggested harmonising the criteria for identifying and enumerating the poor through a joint mechanism comprising the central, state and local agencies concerned. <br /><br />While the Planning Commission's Tendulkar Committee found that at an all India level 37.2% of the population as poor on the basis of calorie intake norms, the Rural Development Ministry's Saxena Committee found that upward of 50% of the population would be classified as poor and 80% if calorie intake was to be considered. <br /><br />And the national Commission for Enterprises and Unorganised Sector's Arjun Sengupta Committee found 77% of the population to be poor, if conditions of work and livelihood was considered. <br /><br />At present, the Planning Commission estimates the incidence of poverty by using the NSSO's sample surveys of household consumer expenditure. It is the rural development ministry that conducts the census to identify the below poverty line (BPL) households in rural areas, which could be targeted through the ministry's programmes. As the criteria for the BPL census changed, so did the numbers. However, no census is undertaken by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation to estimate the number of poor in urban areas. <br /><br /><br />The ministry has argued that "it is very costly and that the size of urban poverty alleviation programme handled by the ministry had hitherto been very small." The committee is critical of the Planning Commission's efforts. "The criteria and estimates formulated by the Planning Commission have proved to be inadequate, unrealistic and thus eluded proper implementation at the State level. <br /><br />The committee does not consider it prudent, practical and fair that the Planning Commission should impose a ceiling or limit on poverty to be strictly adhered to by the States. Such a top-down approach can only yield the kind of distorted results evidenced so far." <br /><br />The panel has pointed out several problems that plague the government's efforts to identify the poor. Multiple indicators, depending on which agency or department is counting, are used for identification of the poor, there is a divergence of official estimates of poverty ratio with the actual incidence of poverty, no poverty census in urban areas, use of different methodologies for estimation and identification of BPL households, restricting the identification of poor in states to the cap fixed by the Planning Commission, variation in estimates, wrong-targeting of beneficiaries of welfare schemes. <br /><br />The committee has expressed concern about the absence of a proper and consistent set of parameters. The parliamentary panel stressed that the existing poverty line approach has its inherent limitations and may not capture important aspects of the real living conditions of the people. An example of this is the fact that though states like Assam, Andhra Pradesh and J&K have a high malnourishment ratio, Planning panel's poverty estimates of these states are much lower. <br /><br />It has suggested the need to identify and use appropriate criteria to estimate poverty and its various facets." The Committee cannot help expressing regret over the fact that the criteria / approach recommended by various expert groups set up from time to time for defining and determining 'poverty' or 'poverty line' thus far have only left question marks and have failed in capturing the actual incidence of poverty in the country. <br /><br />Important aspects such as ill health, low educational attainments, geographical isolation, powerlessness or disempowerment in civil society, caste or gender based inherent disadvantages etc. remain to be conclusively captured in identifying and enumerating the poor. The wide variation in determining the population of the poor is illustrated by the fact that as per one of the expert groups appointed recently, the BPL population in the country would be as much as 80% as per the existing calorie norm of 2,400, while as per another norm it is only 37.2%." <br /><br />It has recommended that the identification of the poor should be based on collectible information covering broader aspects such as access to primary health including the number of illnesses of household members to assess the economic burden of poor health, indebtedness, access to basic education. This would allow for a more comprehensive approach to determine poverty. It will also take into account dynamic aspects like slipping back and forth across the poverty line and issues relating to empowerment of masses. </p><p align="justify"> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <br><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/parliamentary-committee-questions-move-to-introduce-food-bill/articleshow/8984561.cms" class="re" target="_blank">The Economic Times, 25 June, 2011, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/parliamentary-committee-questions-move-to-introduce-food-bill/articleshow/8984561.cms</a><div class="clear"></div> <div style="padding-top: 18px;"> <p class="post-tag">Tagged with: <a class="tagcloud5" href="https://im4change.in/search?qryStr=food security bill" title="food security bill"> food security bill </a> <a class="tagcloud5" href="https://im4change.in/search?qryStr=Right to Food" title="Right to Food"> Right to Food </a> <a class="tagcloud5" href="https://im4change.in/search?qryStr=bpl" title="bpl"> bpl </a> <a class="tagcloud5" href="https://im4change.in/search?qryStr=Poverty" title="Poverty"> Poverty </a> </p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <br><br> <div class="widget-top"> <h4>Related Articles</h4> <div class="stripe-line"></div> </div> <div class="widget-container"> <ul id="recentcomments"> <li class="recentcomments"> <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts-57/135-million-indians-exited-multidimensional-poverty-as-per-government-figures-is-that-the-same-as-poverty-reduction.html" title="135 Million Indians Exited “Multidimensional" Poverty as per Government Figures. 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