GROUP F : Problems regarding on poverty line calculated in India

• Economists state that people below these income levels (MPCE) are treated as below the poverty line. A major deficiency of this poverty estimate is that it treats all the poor equally. It does not distinguish between various categories of poor.
• Although it helps in the identification of the poor as a group, it is difficult to identify the poor amongst the group of poor who need help the most.There are many factors, other than income and assets, which are associated with poverty like accessibility to basic education, health care, drinking water, etc. which have been ignored.
• Here not consider social factors like illiteracy, lack of access to resources, discrimination, ill health, lack of civil and political freedom, joint family system, etc.
• Also, the method only categorises the poor as a group which are to be taken care of by the Government. However, it does not identify the poor who needs the help of the Government, the most.