GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is the Suresh Tendulkar Committee. Suresh Tendulkar committee was constituted to review the concept of the Poverty Line in 2005. The committee recommended, shifting away from the calories model.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tendulkar committee computed poverty lines for 2004-05 at a level that was equivalent, in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms to Rs 33 per day. Purchasing Power Parity: The PPP model refers to a method used to work out the money that would be needed to purchase the same goods and services in two countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tendulkar Committee was appointed on poverty estimation. Suresh Tendulkar is the chairman of the Tendulkar committee. It was established in 2005. The committee was appointed to study the people living under the poverty line in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tendulkar Committee developed a methodology using implicit prices for estimating state wise poverty lines for the year 2004-05.