In the question given below, there are 2 statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose the correct alternative from the following options.

Assertion (A)- Economists identify the poor on the basis of their occupation and ownership of assets.

Reason (R)- The urban poor are largely the overflow of the rural poor who had migrated to urban areas in search of jobs.

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

The correct answer is option 2: Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Assertion (A)- Economists identify the poor on the basis of their occupation and ownership of assets. This is true.

Reason (R)- The urban poor are largely the overflow of the rural poor who had migrated to urban areas in search of jobs. This is also true. However, this reasoning does not explain why economists identify the poor based on occupation and asset ownership.

"Economists identify the poor on the basis of their occupation and ownership of assets. They state that the rural poor work mainly as landless agricultural labourers, and cultivators with very small landholdings, or landless labourers, who are engaged in a variety of non-agricultural jobs and tenant cultivators with small land holdings. The urban poor is largely the overflow of the rural poor who had migrated to urban areas in search of alternative employment and livelihood, labourers who do a variety of casual jobs and the self-employed who sell a variety of things on roadsides and are engaged in various activities."