Examine the evolution of India’s poverty measurement from Lakdawala and Tendulkar to Rangarajan, and evaluate how the National MPI complements money-metric poverty lines for policy. (Answer in 250 words)

India’s poverty measurement has evolved from calorie-anchored lines to expenditure-based thresholds and, recently, to multidimensional counting. This trajectory reflects changing development priorities and the need for policy-usable diagnostics.

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