00707pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002200040245004100062260000900103300001300112362001000125520036200135650001200497700001800509773003400527180718b2009   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMehrotra, Santosh  aHow to identify the poor? A proposal  c2009  ap.37-44.  a9 May  aThe Census of 2002 to identify the poor in rural areas of India was the third in a quinquennial series. However, it has been appropriately criticised. This  paper elaborates on the criticisms, and proposes an alternative set of criteria and methodology for conducting the next (now overdue) census of the rural population to identify the poor. - Reproduced.  aPoverty  aMander, Harsh  aEconomic and Political Weekly