Practicing Success
Which of the following is a measure to calculate "Poverty" in India? |
The school enrolment/dropout ratio The monetary value of minimum calorie intake The quality of health index Change in the regional disparity ratio |
The monetary value of minimum calorie intake |
There are many ways of measuring poverty. One way is to determine it by the monetary value (per capita expenditure) of the minimum calorie intake that was estimated at 2,400 calories for a rural person and 2,100 calories for a person in the urban area. Based on this, in 2011-12, the poverty line was defined for rural areas as consumption worth Rs 816 per person a month and for urban areas it was Rs 1,000. |