{"id":241104,"date":"2023-05-05T20:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=241104"},"modified":"2023-05-05T20:23:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:53:02","slug":"we-shouldnt-let-indian-poverty-turn-into-a-great-eternal-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/we-shouldnt-let-indian-poverty-turn-into-a-great-eternal-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"We shouldn\u2019t let Indian poverty turn into a great eternal mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t let Indian poverty turn into a great eternal mystery\u201d <\/strong>published in Live Mint <\/strong>on\u00a05th<\/sup> May 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Poverty<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>concerns associated with estimation of poverty.<\/strong><\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: There have been many private estimates on poverty in India but there has been no official estimate since 2011-12. Due to which, there is a wide variation in the estimates of poverty by private entities.<\/p>\n

What are some of the differences or variations in the private estimates on poverty?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For measuring poverty, except the World Bank, all others use some estimate of consumption expenditure from the National Statistical Office (NSO<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Out of those using consumption expenditure from the NSO, only the poverty estimates by S. Subramanian of 2017-18 is comparable to the 2011-12 official poverty estimates.<\/p>\n

As per the estimates, it suggests a rise in poverty level between 2011-12 and 2017-18.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the other hand, Bhalla uses a modified version of consumption expenditure adjusted to national accounts, which leads them to conclude that poverty has declined.<\/p>\n

Like these there are variations in measuring poverty because private estimators are using different data for measuring.<\/p>\n

Must Read: <\/strong>There is no debate: There has been a persistent decline in poverty in India<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

What are other concerns with measuring poverty?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India has been a pioneer in poverty measurement and has a model for several other developing countries. However, this perception has changed because there are no official poverty estimates available after 2011-12.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moreover, the government conducted consumption expenditure in 2017-18.\u00a0This was the only comparable data set by which poverty could have been estimated but the survey was discarded without giving any particular reason<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However, the probable reason for discarding might be<\/strong> that it showed a rise in the poverty level.<\/p>\n

A similar problem is with the poverty line estimation.<\/strong> Even this has not yet been decided by the government.<\/p>\n

However, there is a consumption expenditure survey being undertaken for updating the national accounts and inflation indices.<\/p>\n

What is the concern with the consumption expenditure survey?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The methodology that has been adopted in the survey for measuring poverty is new and has not been used elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The survey may provide fresh estimates of consumption expenditure. However, the absence of a comparable survey means it won\u2019t help answer what happened to poverty after 2011-12.<\/p>\n

Moreover, in such a scenario where comparable data is not available, carrying out a new survey is always preceded by pilot surveys and their results are released for public discussion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, there is no information on whether a pilot survey was conducted in this case.<\/p>\n

What is the way ahead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Official poverty estimates and poverty lines from the government have been crucial in highlighting the living conditions of the poor and the effectiveness of government policy.<\/p>\n

Poverty estimates were key to <\/strong>designing interventions, allocating resources across states and analysing their effectiveness.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the government not conducting a survey is a setback to the scholarly work on the measurement and determinants of poverty and also for policymaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t let Indian poverty turn into a great eternal mystery\u201d published in Live Mint on\u00a05th May 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Poverty Relevance: concerns associated with estimation of poverty. News: There have been many private estimates on poverty in India but there has been no official estimate… Continue reading We shouldn\u2019t let Indian poverty turn into a great eternal mystery<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10501],"class_list":["post-241104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}