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Which of the following is NOT a measure to calculate "Poverty" in India? |
Determining Monthly Per Capita Expenditure Calorie intake by people Consumption in terms of monetary value None of the above |
None of the above |
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. Also, government calculates poverty with the help of the government uses Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (MPCE) as a proxy for the income of households to identify the poor |