Consider the following pairs: Committees---------------- Definition of Poverty Line (PL) 1. Lakdawala -------------- Suggested using state-specific poverty lines updated with Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) and Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL), based on calorie consumption. 2. Tendulkar------------- Recommended a uniform poverty line for both rural and urban India. 3. Rangarajan--------------------- Reverted to separate poverty line baskets for rural and urban areas and included normative levels of nourishment, clothing, and other non-food expenses. Which of the above pairs are correctly matched? |ForumIAS

[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 2 and 3 only

[C] 1 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: D

Notes:

Explanation –

Lakdawala Committee: The Lakdawala Committee recommended state-specific poverty lines and updating them using CPI-IW and CPI-AL, based on calorie consumption.
Tendulkar Committee: he Tendulkar Committee recommended a uniform poverty line basket (PLB) across rural and urban India, moving away from separate PLBs.
Rangarajan Committee: The Rangarajan Committee reverted to separate poverty line baskets for rural and urban areas and included normative levels of nourishment, clothing, and other non-food expenses.

Source: The Hindu