Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Poverty

Question:

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)- The official data on poverty is now made available to the public by the planning commission which is now called NITI Aayog. 

Reason (R)- The data on poverty is estimated on the basis of the consumption expenditure data collected by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO). 

Options:

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.

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

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

The official data on poverty is now made available to the public by the NITI Aayog which was earlier called as the planning commision. It is estimated on the basis of consumption expenditure data collected by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) now called as National Statistical Office.