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Duflo: We are not very interested in measuring poverty. Other people do this. The people of the World Bank are doing this and they have made a great deal of effort to measure the poverty level. India itself has a good approach. At the end of the day it is important not to measure poverty when trying to understand how to deal with poverty. In a sense, this is a democratic argument and everyone should have something to say. Banerjee: This is a very good question. I think many aid policies, generally social policy, are ignoring the free will of the poor. They are seen as a type of despair - you give them this, and they will take it. On the other hand, the poor are trying to live a good life under the constraints they face. As you tell them, it's a healthy food so every day there is a special kind of food - eating chick peas everyday - for example they do not do it. So you have to find out how they want to live their lives.

An academic debate can continue to measure the degree of poverty in India properly but I am confident that it is unacceptable to combine the estimate of public poverty with the basic rights of people and is particularly unproductive I will. Chance to get food. . Official research on nutrient intake and outcome, despite its definition, indicates that malnutrition is more common than income poverty. The targeted public distribution system that has been introduced since 1997 is widely recognized even if it causes a disagreement among poor people, brings harm more than good, and causes massive elimination error. Recent evidence clearly shows that countries close to generalization of PDS are superior in increasing emissions and reducing leakage. In our opinion, restoring universal PDS is the best way to eradicate hunger and poverty.