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With the results of the first round of the Household Consumer Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2022-23 now available, Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, has called for a new estimate for the poverty line in India.

India needs new poverty line, says Debroy

June 19, 2024, 07:33 PM - 2 min read

“We still do not have an official poverty line after the Tendulkar [Committee] and the multidimensional poverty index is not quite a poverty line. Should we now have a new poverty line in which this data can be used,” Debroy noted at a Data Users Conference on the household consumer expenditure survey on Wednesday.

Now the EAC of PM Comes Up with the Report of Decrease in Population Of Hindus. Image for Representative Use Only.

Hindu population shrinks in India, minorities grow: PM's Panel

May 9, 2024, 02:40 PM - 2 min read

The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has uncovered significant shifts in India's population dynamics, revealing a 7.8% decline in the share of Hindus from 1950 to 2015, contrasting with an upsurge in minority groups.

Economist Sanjeev Sanyal maps India's path to developed Nation status by 2047

March 6, 2024, 08:47 PM - 2 min read

To position India on the path to becoming a developed nation by 2047, economist Sanjeev Sanyal emphasized the crucial need to sustain the current growth momentum.

Powering Progress - Revolutionizing Roads; EAC-PM's EV mandate proposal sparks Innovation

March 6, 2024, 12:29 AM - 2 min read

The Economic Advisory Council to the PM (EAC-PM) has put forward a groundbreaking proposal aimed at accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in India. The proposal suggests the introduction of a transferable mandate, mandating a certain percentage of vehicles manufactured to be electric.