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
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