The official poverty line is set by the Tendulkar Committee methodology, adjusting for inflation, with separate calorie-plus-expenditure baskets for rural and urban areas. But from a Mumbai chawl, that urban cut-off feels theoretical—it doesn’t budget for the city’s brutal rent or the volatile income of a delivery gig. My own monthly juggle between "above the line" and skipping meals shows how a fixed number misses the pressure of unpredictable work. The calculation is neat accounting; the reality is a budget that never balances.
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