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Income and consumption are not enough to determine whether an individual is disadvantaged on social, educational or health parameters, or in relative living standards and quality of life
A Niti Aayog report that claims the proportion of Indians classified as ‘poor’ almost halved from 2015-16 to 2019-21 has drawn scepticism for a number of reasons, including the timing of its release