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bhardwajakshay42: Shame on our govt...: Spend Rs 32 a day? Govt says you can't be poor... NEW DELHI: The Planning Commission told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that anyone spe...

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Spend Rs 32 a day? Govt says you can't be poor...

NEW DELHI: The Planning Commission told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that anyone spending more than Rs 965 per month in urban India and Rs 781 in rural India will be deemed not to be poor. Updating the poverty line cut-off figures, the commission said those spending in excess of Rs 32 a day in urban areas or Rs 26 a day in villages will no longer be eligible to draw benefits of central and state government welfare schemes meant for those living below the poverty line.

According to the new criterion suggested by the planners, if a family of four in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore or Chennai is spending anything more than Rs 3,860 per month on its members, it would not be considered poor. It's a definition that many would find ridiculously unrealistic. Not surprisingly, the new above the poverty line definition has already created outrage among activists, who feel it is just a ploy to artificially depress the number of poor in India. The plan panel said these were provisional figures based on the Tendulkar committee report updated for current prices by taking account of the Consumer Price Index for industrial and agricultural workers.

TOI broke down the overall monthly figure for urban areas and used the CPI for industrial workers along with the Tendulkar report figures to see what these numbers translate into and how much the Planning Commission believes is enough to spend on essential items so as not to be deemed poor.

The Planning Commission suggests that spending Rs 5.5 on cereals per day is good enough to keep people healthy. Similarly, a daily spend of Rs 1.02 on pulses, Rs 2.33 on milk and Rs 1.55 on edible oil should be enough to provide adequate nutrition and keep people above the poverty line without the need of subsidized rations from the government. It further suggests that just Rs 1.95 on vegetables a day would be adequate. A bit more, and one might end up outside the social security net.

People should be spending less than 44 paise on fruits, 70 paise on sugar, 78 paise on salt and spices and another Rs 1.51 on other foods per day to qualify for the BPL list and for subsidy under various government schemes. A person using more than Rs 3.75 per day on fuel to run the kitchen is doing well as per these figures. Forget about the fuel price hike and sky-rocketing rents, if anyone living in the city is spending over Rs 49.10 a month on rent and conveyance, he or she could miss out on the BPL tag.

As for healthcare, according to the Planning Commission, Rs 39.70 per month is sufficient to stay healthy. On education, the plan panel feels those spending 99 paise a day or Rs 29.60 a month in cities are doing well enough not to need any help. Similarly, one could be considered not poor if he or she spends more than Rs 61.30 a month on clothing, Rs 9.6 on footwear and another Rs 28.80 on other personal items.

The monthly cut-off given by the Planning Commission before the apex court was broken down using the Consumer Price Index of Industrial Workers for 2010-11 and the breakdown given in Annexure E of the Tendulkar report of expenditure calculated at 2004-05 prices.

The new tentative BPL criteria was worked out by the Planning Commission and approved by the Prime Minister's office before the government's affidavit was submitted before the Supreme Court. The plan panel said the final poverty line criteria would be available after the completion of the NSSO survey of 2011-12.

The Montek Singh Ahluwalia-headed Planning Commission had drawn flak from the apex court which, on May 14, took exception to the poverty line definition which initially said anyone spending more than Rs 20 in urban areas and Rs 15 in rural areas should not be considered poor. "The Planning Commission may revise the norms of per capita amount looking to the price index of May 2011 or any other subsequent dates," the court had said. So, the planners have now given a revised figure of Rs 32 for urban areas and Rs 26 for poor areas.

In their affidavit, the planners have defended their definition of the poverty line and not revised the norms, but merely updated them with the CPI for the current year. The affidavit says, "The recommended poverty lines ensure the adequacy of actual private expenditure per capita near the poverty lines on food, education and health and the actual calories consumed are close to the revised calorie intake norm for urban areas and higher than the norm in rural areas."

Catch 32: Poor, and well below misery line...

The poor can't have a life. That's what Planning Commission's new definition of urban poverty implies in Delhi. In order to keep body and soul together on Rs 32 per day - the per-person spending limit for being judged poor - in these times of double-digit food inflation, they must forgo other necessities like a roof above their heads. The bus ticket is a luxury, and education for children a vain hope. When medical emergencies arise, two square meals become an indulgence and debts mount. Jayashree Nandi & Prerna Sodhi take a look at life near the new poverty line
VINOD JHA (65) | GAS CYLINDER DELIVERY MAN |

Lugging 30kg domestic gas cylinders up floors is not a job for someone his age, but Jha still does it to support his large family. He earns around Rs 1,500 a month but after paying Rs 800 as rent, his income is not enough to see the household through the month. "Fortunately, one of my sons started working recently and he is also contributing to the family's finances. That helps pay my grandchildren's tuition fees and our expenditure on food. I can't imagine a person living on Rs 32 these days. Just a cup of tea costs between Rs 5 and Rs 7 here," he says. Jha's family of 12 spends around Rs 2,000 per month on tuition fee and food. He charges Rs 3 to deliver one cylinder and manages to deliver 15 to 18 cylinders in a day.
RAM SINGH (32) | SELLS WATER FROM A CART |

Singh says he spends more than Rs 32 on his baby alone everyday, "for his milk and his food" . Another Rs 1,500 goes towards rent. Having spent two years in Delhi, Singh says he finds the city expensive. He now spends Rs 1,800 per month on food and says the cost has been shooting up due to inflation. "The cost of vegetables has been particularly high. At least food should be within reach of the poor." With villagers steadily migrating to Delhi for livelihood, Singh worries about the future. "From whatever I earn everyday, I have to pay Rs 40 to my employer. In winter, we have no option but to go back to the village because there is no work here. So, I feel the Rs 32 benchmark for determining poverty is unjustified," he says.
KAYUM KHAN (25) AND AMIRUDDIN KHAN (24) |

RICKSHAW PULLER AND TONGA-WALLAH |
A prefabricated bridge section, open to rain and wind on two sides, is home to these brothers' 10-member family. Saving money is out of the question, and with no hope of paying off their rising debt that's already exceeded Rs 15,000, they often go without a meal. Two sisters in the family suffer from psychological conditions that need regular medication, but keeping everyone fed is more important. "We go hungry when we can't buy a meal. How did the government arrive at the Rs 32 limit?" says Khayum. They spend around Rs 150 per day on their meagre meals comprising mainly chapatis or rice with some vegetables or pulses. And when the earning brothers are sick, the family runs up some more debts at the grocer's . Their biggest dread? The day construction starts on the bridge and they are made to leave.
SHANTI DEVI (40) | STREET FOOD VENDOR |

There is no way she can bring her family's daily expenditure below Rs 100, says Shanti Devi. The street food vendor has been passing through a really bad patch ever since her husband met with an accident and stopped earning. Her two sons have grown up eating only the oily fare she sells from her stall near Angoori Bagh - bread pakoras and paranthas with tea. The sole breadwinner of her family, she earns Rs 150 a day. But when she fell sick recently, her daily medical expenditure also added up to the same amount. "To eat, or fill up your stomach with medicines? That is the dilemma that my family goes through often," she says. Inflation has affected this vendor most cruelly. While she is trying hard to break out of poverty, price rise is making things difficult.
VINOD TIWARI (32) | STREET FOOD VENDOR |

"Just Rs 32? I spend Rs 40 daily just to buy milk for my four children. Even the most ordinary rice costs at least Rs 20 these days. And I am not even counting other expenses like travel, education and rent," says Tiwari, who has a kachori stall near Yamuna Vihar. The family of six pays a rent of Rs 1,500 a month for a room in Sonia Vihar. The children's education at a private school costs Rs 275 each. "Most of the time we are under debt and cannot manage small expenses," says Tiwari, who came to Delhi two years back with the hope of earning more than what his farmer father ekes out of their land in UP. But it is a rare month when he can send some money back home, and then it is not more than Rs 500.
SULEIMAN (30) | RAGPICKER |

A migrant who came to Delhi two-and-a-half years ago for his livelihood, Suleiman is one disappointed man. Not only is his income meagre, he finds himself reduced to a social outcast. The Rs 50 or so he earns in a day pays for his meals but there's little left over to send his daughter back in the village. Suleiman can't afford to pay rent and stays under an overbridge near Angoori Bagh with other ragpickers. "A roadside meal in Delhi does not cost less than Rs 20. I have no money left over for anything else." Suleiman says he has no way of going back and now his health is also beginning to fail. "I had come to Delhi with a reference, but I lost the address. Circumstances forced me to become a ragpicker. My wife left me around six months ago. I have little hope left now."
RAMESH KUMAR (27) CONSTRUCTION LABOURER |

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