http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15121304
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| Quote: Indian activists have dared the head of the country's planning body to live on half a dollar a day to test his claim that it is an adequate sum to survive. Last week the Planning Commission said the amount is "adequate" for a villager to spend on food, education and health. But prominent campaigners Aruna Roy and Harsh Mander asked the panel chief, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, and members to either withdraw the figure or resign. | |
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This reminds me of the time that Michael Portillo claimed that unemployment benefits were generous. When he took up the challenge to live on them for a week he found out that he did not have enough for a drink at the end of the week. Soon after that the government dropped a break down on how it could be enough to live on as its figures were suspect.