Who is the head of the task force set up to define poverty and prepare a road map to alleviate it ?

Question

The M S Sahoo Committee was set up to review ......?
1. Sick public sector units
2.Direct transfer of subsidies to beneficiaries
3. Domestic and Foreign capital markets
4. Public distribution system

Answer 1

Arvind Panagariya

Union government has set up a task force, headed by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya, to define poverty and prepare a road map to alleviate it. The other mandate of the taskforce is to suggest strategies and anti-poverty programmes, including reforms of the existing ones. The other members of the task force include Bibek Debroy, who is a permanent member of the NITI Aayog, social sector experts Rathin Roy and Surjit Bhalla.