How is poverty estimated periodically?Name the organisation responsible for estimating poverty.

In India, the theory of the Poverty line is utilized as a measure of sheer poverty. ?Poverty Line is a line which differentiates the people, who are residing below the poverty from those and cannot afford the meals for the day in comparison to those who are surviving above the poverty line by affording the basic necessities.
This NSSO operates under the Ministry of Statistics and programme implementation of India which conducts major surveys in the term of 5 years for estimating the ratio of poverty in the country.

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