B. S. Minhas (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi) L. R. Jain (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi) S. M. Kansal (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi) M. R. Saluja (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi)
Abstract
After reviewing the available data sets and price deflators used by the Planning Commission for estimation of poverty, this paper constructs some new consumer price indices which are considered more appropriate for updating the base year poverty lines. Three major factors, which crucially affect the poverty computation, have been identified and sensitivity analysis has been attempted to show the separate impact of each of these factors on the poverty estimates. Our analysis shows that the official estimates of poverty incidence suffer from many serious shortcomings, which lead to underestimation of the incidence of poverty in the country. Some suggestions for further research have also been made.
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Article provided by Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics in its journal Indian Economic Review.
Volume (Year): 22 (1987) Issue (Month): 1 (January) Pages: 19-49 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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