Question

v. Based on the passage, choose the options that list the statements that are TRUE

according to the information:

a. In 1962, the Planning Commission constituted a working group to estimate

poverty nationally.

b. The NPC did not formulate its poverty line based on 'a minimum standard of

living perspective

in which nutritional requirements are implicit'.

c. In 1938, the National Planning Committee (NPC) estimated a poverty line ranging

from 15 to 20

per capita per month.

d. VM Dandekar and N Rath made the second systematic assessment of poverty in India in 1971

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Answer 1

Answer:

One of the earliest estimations of poverty was done by Dadabhai Naoroji in his book, ‘Poverty and the Un-British Rule in India’. He formulated a poverty line ranging from Rs 16 to Rs 35 per capita per year, based on 1867-68 prices. The poverty line proposed by him was based on the cost of a subsistence diet consisting of rice or flour, dhal, mutton, vegetables, ghee, vegetable oil and salt.

Next, in 1938, the National Planning Committee (NPC) estimated a poverty line ranging from Rs 15 to Rs 20 per capita per month. Like the earlier method, the NPC also formulated its poverty line based on ‘a minimum standard of living perspective in which nutritional requirements are implicit’. In 1944, the authors of the ‘Bombay Plan’ (Thakurdas et al 1944) suggested a poverty line of

Answer 2

Answer:

A and C

a)In 1962 , the planning Commission a working to estimate poverty nationally

c) In 1938 , the National Planning Committee (NPC) estimate of poverty line ranging from ₹15 to₹20 per capital per month

Explanation:

Both the option is true for according to the information