Question

1. Both the pictures shown above were taken in India. What do they tell you about
economic equality in India?
2. What is the Poverty Line? According to the 2004-2005 statistics how much should
the people earn to be above poverty line?
3. Generally who are the people who live below the poverty line in our country?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

2 . In 2004-2005 around 37.2 per cent of the people (360 million ) were below the poverty line. India poverty line was INR 446.68/capita/ month in rural areas and Rs 578.80/capita/month in urban areas in 2004-05. So to be above poverty line people must earn per capita income above this.

Based on 2019's PPPs International Comparison Program, According to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) programme,88 million people out of 1.2 billion Indians, roughly equal to 6.7% of India's population, lived below the poverty line of $1.25 in 2018–19.