Question

TABLE: ESTIMATES OF POVERTY IN INDIA
Poverty ratio (%)
Year
Rural
Urban
Number of poor (in millions)
Rural Urban Combined
Combined
1973-74
56.4
49.0
54.9
261
60
321
1993-94
37.3
32.4
36.0
244
76
320
1999-00
27.1
23.6
26.1
193
67
260
1.2. Are the dynamics of poverty reduction the same in rural and urban India?
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1.3. What is poverty line?
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Answer 1

Answer:

1.2 No, the dynamics of poverty reduction in rural and urban areas in India is not same.

1.3 Poverty line is that line under which poor people exist.