Identification of Poverty Line used in India, arrange in chronological order.
A. Task force on minimum needs
B. Planning Commission formed a Study Group.
C. Formation of Expert Group
D. Jail cost of living
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
In pre-independent India, Dadabhai Naoroji was the first to discuss the concept of a Poverty Line. He used the menu for a prisoner and used appropriate prevailing prices to arrive at what may be called ‘jail cost of living’.
Planning Commission formed a Study Group (1962)
Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demand’ : 1979
Formation of Expert Groups : 1989, 2005