A villager from Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir has sent demand drafts of Rs.26 — the Planning Commission's poverty line cut-off for rural areas — to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Commission's Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and asked them to show how to run a day with that amount.
Darvinder Singh of Bhagote village, about 130 km north of Jammu, said on Saturday that the Commission's classification of the poor was an “insult to crores of the poor of the country.”
LETTER
He had also sent a letter with the DDs, according to a release, which he emailed to media houses across the State.
He had also sent a letter with the DDs, according to a release, which he emailed to media houses across the State.
‘HOW WILL YOU FARE?'
In his letter, Mr. Darvinder Singh asked the three leaders to run a day on Rs.26 and let the other poor people of the country know how they fare on this meagre amount.
He said that despite soaring inflation, the Commission was making “illogical, unjustifiable and unrealistic claims.”
In his letter, Mr. Darvinder Singh asked the three leaders to run a day on Rs.26 and let the other poor people of the country know how they fare on this meagre amount.
He said that despite soaring inflation, the Commission was making “illogical, unjustifiable and unrealistic claims.”
“WITHDRAW AFFIDAVIT”
He urged the Prime Minister to “withdraw the affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court to save further embarrassment to the poor.”
He urged the Prime Minister to “withdraw the affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court to save further embarrassment to the poor.”
PROVISIONAL PLACEMENT
The Planning Commission recently told the court that the poverty line for urban and rural areas could be provisionally placed at Rs. 965 per capita per month (Rs. 32 a day) and Rs. 781 per capita per month (Rs. 26 a day).
The Planning Commission recently told the court that the poverty line for urban and rural areas could be provisionally placed at Rs. 965 per capita per month (Rs. 32 a day) and Rs. 781 per capita per month (Rs. 26 a day).
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