Q24. In a given year in India, official poverty lines are higher in some States than in others because:
(a) poverty rates vary from State to State.
(b) price levels vary from State to State.
(c) Gross State Product varies from State to State.
(d) quality of public distribution varies from State.
Answer: B
- The Poverty line is the cut-off value in Rupees that a person must earn in a month to be classified as being above the poverty line. The poverty line estimates are last based upon the recommendations of the Suresh Tendulkar Committee 2011. A standard basket consisting of the minimum decent requirement of Food, Education, Health, Electricity and Transport is converted in terms of expenditure based on the prevailing price levels. As the commodity basket remains same throughout but the prices of this basket vary from state to state, hence there are differences in the official poverty line among states
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