The correct answer is option 3. Explanation & Key Takeaways: State/UT with highest poverty rate for 2011-12 1. Chandigarh (39.9%) 2.Da.N.Haveli (39.3%) 3. Jharkhand (37.0%) 4. Manipur (36.9%) 5. Arunachal Pradesh (34.7%) State with highest number of poor people for 2011-12. 1. Uttar Pradesh (598.2 lakhs) 2. Bihar (358.2 lakhs) 3. Madhya Pradesh (234.1 lakh) 4. Maharashtra (197.9 lakhs) 5. W. Bengal (185.0 lakhs) Related Concepts: Suresh Tendulkar Committee: • The committee was constituted by the Central Planning Board in November 2009, and submitted its report on December 8, 2009. The important recommendations of this committee are as follows- • The committee recommended abandoning the use of the calorie criterion for measuring the poverty line, as the committee felt there was little correlation between calorie intake and nutrition. • The committee has suggested a new methodology for measuring the poverty line, which also includes expenditure on health and education. Also, the committee has also recommended to consider the urban poverty line as the basis for other poverty lines. • The Tendulkar Committee on the basis of the new criteria fixed Rs 446.68 for rural areas and Rs 578.8 for urban areas for 2004-05. Such poverty line is suggested. • Based on this poverty line, the committee has calculated the poverty rate in the country to be 37.2 percent, 41.8 percent in rural areas and 25.7 percent in rural areas. • The Planning Board adopted the poverty line measurement method recommended by the Tendulkar Committee. According to this method, the poverty line for the city is Rs.28.65. Consumption expenditure per day, while for rural areas it is Rs.22.42. Consumption expenditure per day was determined as