A very interesting but controversial report about the number of people under poverty line has been released by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission estimates that the number of poor people has been reduced from 37.2% in 2004 to 21.9% 2011-12.

What is the poverty line taken? If a person has got Rs. 34 income in a day he/she is above poverty, according to Planning Commission. This is completely non-sense. Every body knows that a person can not live with Rs. 34 a day. The present report of the Planning Commission is only to boost the morale of the UPA government and for propaganda purposes.

The present statistics will mean that a lot of people who were getting the benefit of BPL will be deprived of the same.

There should be strong protest and the Planning Commission should be compelled to correct the BPL and the number of people under BPL.