{"id":85355,"date":"2025-06-01T03:14:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=85355"},"modified":"2025-06-01T03:14:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:14:04","slug":"the-computation-of-poverty-in-terms-of-monthly-per-capita-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-computation-of-poverty-in-terms-of-monthly-per-capita-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"The computation of poverty in terms of Monthly Per Capita Consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The computation of poverty in terms of Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) based on the Mixed Reference Period was recommended by the<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Lakdawala Committee&#8221; option2=&#8221;Tendulkar Committee&#8221; option3=&#8221;Dandekar Committee&#8221; option4=&#8221;Alagh Committee&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CDS-1 &#8211; 2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2023\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe computation of poverty in terms of Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) based on the Mixed Reference Period (MRP) was a key recommendation of the Tendulkar Committee (Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Estimation of Poverty).<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; The Tendulkar Committee, constituted in 2005 and submitting its report in 2009, recommended a shift from using calorie norms for defining the poverty line.<br \/>\n&#8211; It proposed using MPCE based on the Mixed Reference Period (MRP) as the basis for poverty estimation. MRP refers to the period over which household consumption data is collected for the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) surveys. Specifically, it uses a 365-day reference period for five low-frequency items (clothing, footwear, durables, education, and health) and a 30-day reference period for the remaining items.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\n&#8211; The Lakdawala Committee (Expert Group on Estimation of Proportion and Number of Poor, 1993) relied on consumption expenditure and state-specific price indices for poverty estimation, but not specifically MPCE based on MRP.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Dandekar Committee (1971) and Alagh Committee (Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demand, 1979) were earlier groups that largely based their poverty line estimations on calorie intake norms.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Tendulkar Committee methodology was widely adopted by the Government of India for official poverty estimations for a period.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The computation of poverty in terms of Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) based on the Mixed Reference Period was recommended by the [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Lakdawala Committee&#8221; option2=&#8221;Tendulkar Committee&#8221; option3=&#8221;Dandekar Committee&#8221; option4=&#8221;Alagh Committee&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;] This question was previously asked in UPSC CDS-1 &#8211; 2023 Download PDFAttempt Online The computation of poverty in terms of Monthly Per &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"The computation of poverty in terms of Monthly Per Capita Consumption\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-computation-of-poverty-in-terms-of-monthly-per-capita-consumption\/#more-85355\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The computation of poverty in terms of Monthly Per Capita Consumption<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[1105,1112],"class_list":["post-85355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cds-1","tag-1105","tag-economic-and-social-development","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The computation of poverty in terms of Monthly Per Capita Consumption<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The computation of poverty in terms of Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) based on the Mixed Reference Period (MRP) was a key recommendation of the Tendulkar Committee (Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Estimation of Poverty). - The Tendulkar Committee, constituted in 2005 and submitting its report in 2009, recommended a shift from using calorie norms for defining the poverty line. - It proposed using MPCE based on the Mixed Reference Period (MRP) as the basis for poverty estimation. 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