There will certainly be a change in the numbers but we are still discussing the appropriate definition of poverty. Our panel will apply that to the new numbers that are available (NSSO consumption survey for 2011-12) and come up with an estimate of poverty. We will also work out on the same definition on what the poverty was in the previous five or ten years. Read More

Jyothi Shankaran

    Jyothi’s last role was as Senior Editor with the business news channel Bloomberg TV India. He also worked as News Editor at business-standard.com, the online version of the business newspaper Business Standard. Jyothi is a chemical engineer from the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar.