how did the Indian approach, official in particular, to defining and measuring poverty originate and evolve over time …? What are the major issues regarding the nutritional basis for poverty measurement highlighted in academic and policy …

This paper examines the multi-dimensional nature of urban poverty with special emphasis on ill-health led deprivation …. As a driver of poverty, ill-health reduces the income earning potential and increases expenditure on medication, thereby … causing asset depletion, increasing debt and worsening poverty. The bulk of ill-health related expenditure in India is borne …

the continuing controversy in India over poverty lines, they used a framework that rigorously assesses the impact of … growth on the poor over a range of poverty lines. Using National sample Surveys on consumption expenditure, they have showed …

The paper reviews the existing evidence on migration-poverty interface in the light of the macro and micro level …

There has been a growing concern on the official estimates of poverty released by the Planning commission. The official … poverty estimates have been severely criticised on various counts. In view of this, Planning Commission set up an expert group … under the chairmanship of Professor Suresh Tendulkar to examine the issue and suggest a new poverty line and estimates. The …