Question

The Tendulkar Committee has set a per capita benchmark for _____rupees for rural and ______ rupees for urban per day.
1. 27; 33
2. 33; 27
3. 25; 30
4. 29; 24

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : 27; 33

The correct answer is option (1) i.e. 27; 33.

• Chairman of Tendulkar Committee was Suresh Tendulkar. He was a former chief of the National Statistical Commission and he was an Indian economist.
• The committee's job was to study the population who live in Below Poverty Level in India. The committee was formed in 2005 by the Government of India.
• The committee featured with a new way of calculating poverty.
• The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing several schemes of Rural Development and poverty alleviation through the State Governments and Union Territory (UT) Administrations. These include MGNREGA, Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) for poverty alleviation and employment generation in rural areas.