The correct answer is Kothari Committee Explanation & Key Takeaways: • The Kothari Committee is not a poverty estimation committee. • The Alagh Committee, Lakdawala Committee, and Tendulkar Committee were all established to estimate poverty in India • Kothari Committee • An ad hoc commission set up by the Government of India to review the education system and recommend policies and guidelines for its development. • The committee was chaired by Daulat Singh Kothari Related Concepts: • Alagh Committee • A task force of the Planning Commission that recommended a poverty line based on nutritional requirements and consumption expenditure. • The committee was chaired by YK Alagh • It is Established in 1979, this committee set a poverty line for rural and urban areas based on nutritional requirements. • Lakdawala Committee • A task force chaired by DT Lakdawala. • The committee recommended using the 1973-74 base year for estimating the poverty line. • It is Established in 1993, this committee recommended state-specific poverty lines. • Tendulkar Committee • Established in 2005, this committee recommended a shift away from calorie-based poverty estimation. • Instead, it used a broader consumption-based approach that included spending on food, education, health, and clothing.