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Poverty Ratio in India declined to 21.9 percent in 2011-12

from 37.2 percent measured in 2004-05 on the basis of

the increase in per capita consumption. The Planning

Commission of India on 23 July 2013 released its reporton the Poverty Estimates for 2011-12. The percentage of

persons below the Poverty Line in 2011-12 has been

estimated as 25.7 percent in rural areas, 13.7 percent in

urban areas and 21.9 percent for the country as a whole.

The ratio is based on the methodology that was suggested

by the Suresh Tendulkar Committee that suggests thefactors in money spent on health and education besides

calorie intake to fix a poverty line. As per Tendulkar

Methodology, the poverty line has been expressed in

terms of MPCE based on Mixed Reference Period.

Congress and the UPA unanimously decided tocreate a separate Telangana State carving out of

Andhra Pradesh on 30 July 2013.

The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest

decision-making body of Congress Party, on 30 July 2013

decided to recommend to the Central Government to form

the 29th State which will comprise of 10 districts. Thedistricts that will be a part of the new State

are Hyderabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar,

Khammam, Mahaboobnagar, Medak, Nalgonda,

Nizamabad, Rangareddy and Warangal. Warangal

city was declared as a World Heritage City by UNESCO in

March 2013.

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The Government of India constituted a five member

Committee headed by Justice Sri Krishna for

consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh

(CCSAP) on 3 February 2010 to resolve the Telanganaissue. The Sri Krishna Committee submitted its report to

the Union Home Ministry on 30 December 2010 and

suggested six options.

The six options are

1. Maintain status quo

2. Bifurcation of the State into Seemandhra and

Telangana; with Hyderabad as a Union Territory and the

two states developing their own capitals in due course.

3. Bifurcation of State into Rayala-Telangana and coastal

Andhra regions with Hyderabad being an integral part of

RayalaTelangana.4. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Seemandhra and

Telangana with enlarged Hyderabad Metropolis as a

separate Union Territory.

5. Bifurcation of the State into Telangana and

Seemandhra as per existing boundaries with Hyderabad

as the capital of Telangana and Seemandhra to have a newcapital.

6. Keeping the State united by simultaneously providing

certain definite Constitutional/Statutory measures for

socio-economic development and political empowerment

of Telangana region creation of a statutorily empowered

Telangana Regional Council.