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Section 4, we describe in detail the evolution of official poverty lines in India while in Section 5 we discuss some recent controversies regarding the level of the official poverty line.
Households with consumption expenditures below the poverty line are said to be “Below the Poverty Line (BPL)” and deemed poor. Consumption is measured in terms of a collection of goods and services known as reference Poverty Line Baskets (PLB). Thus, estimation of poverty in India has been based on two critical components:
14 Οκτ 2024 · While poverty is traditionally defined as the share of the people below the poverty line also called the head-count ratio, it may vary depending on country or region. However, measuring...
Below Poverty Line is a benchmark used by the government of India to indicate economic disadvantage and to identify individuals and households in need of government assistance and aid. It is determined using various parameters which vary from state to state and within states.
At the $1.90 per day international poverty line, the preferred model predicts a 2014–15 head- count poverty rate of 10 percent in urban areas and 16.4 percent in rural areas, implying a poverty rate of 14.6 percent nationally.
14 Φεβ 2018 · In India, it is next to impossible to verify incomes given the country’s pervasive informal economic sector and large poor population. The practice of targeting households below the poverty line for welfare benefits using a proxy means test has a long history in India—four censuses were held respectively in 1992, 1997, 2002, and 2011.
27 Μαΐ 2016 · India has made remarkable strides at reducing poverty. Yet, 22 percent of the population or 270 million people are lives below the poverty line. Here, we profile the characteristics of the poor.
