(a) whether NITI Aayog/erstwhile Planning Commission had constituted a expert group in June, 2012 to review the process of evaluation of poverty under the Chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether this group has submitted its report;
(d) if so, the salient features of the said report; and
(e) if not, the reasons for not presenting the report?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
(a) to (e): The erstwhile Planning Commission, in June 2012, constituted an Expert Group under the Chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan to Review the Methodology for Measurement of Poverty. The Expert Group submitted its report to erstwhile Planning Commission on 30th June 2014. The Government is examining the report submitted by the Expert Group.
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