Question

state the factors taken into consideration while measuring poverty lines in india

Answer 1

Common method of estimating poverty line in India was the level of income with level of consumption.
Also consumption of calorie level is used to define poverty.
For rural it is 2435 calories
For urban it is 2045 calories
Poverty line fixed at rs.328 for rural and rs.454 for urban.
India is BPL.

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