Gujarat, Centre spar over Rs 11 per day poverty line

Congress and BJP on Monday squabbled over the criterion used by the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat to define poor. Latching on to a December 2013 circular on Gujarat government's website which said only those with daily earning of less then Rs 10.80 would be eligible for a subsidized foodgrain scheme meant for the poor, Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken recalled that BJP's PM candidate had made a huge hue and cry when Planning Commission pegged the poverty line at Rs 32 a day and had termed it a "joke".

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