Agricultural labourers do not get even two square meals a day, reveals NSSO survey
About one per cent rural households do not get enough food throughout the year
US, China count their poor afresh. India looks away
Brief history of a line
The official definition of poverty keeps changing. A look at how the concept evolved Illustrations: Sorit
New poverty line: Rs 32 for rural India, Rs 47 for urban India
The latest report by Rangarajan committee has added almost 100 million more people to the list of poor