The Y. K. Alagh Committee/Task Force (1979) is significant for formally establishing India's official poverty line based on which specific calorie norms?
A.
3,000 kilocalories per day uniformly across both rural and urban areas
B.
5,000 kilocalories per day in rural areas only, with no urban norm specified
C.
2,400 kilocalories per day in rural areas, and 2,100 kilocalories per day in urban areas
D.
1,000 kilocalories per day uniformly across both rural and urban areas
C. 2,400 kilocalories per day in rural areas, and 2,100 kilocalories per day in urban areas
14.
The Lakdawala Committee (1993) introduced which significant methodological change to India's poverty line estimation?
A.
A complete switch to measuring poverty exclusively in US Dollars
B.
The total abolition of any distinction between rural and urban poverty lines
C.
State-specific poverty lines, with price adjustments made using the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) for rural areas and the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) for urban areas
D.
The use of satellite imagery as the sole method of poverty estimation
C. State-specific poverty lines, with price adjustments made using the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) for rural areas and the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) for urban areas
15.
Despite introducing state-specific poverty lines, the Lakdawala Committee (1993) continued to rely on which earlier methodological anchor?
A.
International poverty lines set directly by the World Bank, with no Indian-specific calculation
B.
The same 1973-74 calorie norms used by the earlier Alagh Committee, merely updated over time for price changes
C.
An entirely new calorie norm based on data from 1990-91
D.
A poverty line based purely on housing quality, with no reference to calories at all
B. The same 1973-74 calorie norms used by the earlier Alagh Committee, merely updated over time for price changes
16.
The Suresh Tendulkar Committee (2009) marked a major shift in India's poverty estimation methodology mainly by:
A.
Returning to the original 1962 Working Group methodology unchanged
B.
Moving away from the calorie-norm approach entirely, towards a broader, uniform poverty line basket (PLB) of consumption items applicable across both rural and urban India
C.
Basing poverty estimation solely on the number of mobile phone subscriptions
D.
Recommending the complete elimination of any poverty line altogether
B. Moving away from the calorie-norm approach entirely, towards a broader, uniform poverty line basket (PLB) of consumption items applicable across both rural and urban India
17.
Apart from moving away from calorie norms, the Tendulkar Committee (2009) also specifically incorporated which additional element into its poverty line calculation?
A.
The total value of gold reserves held by the Reserve Bank of India
B.
Private household expenditure on health and education
C.
The number of foreign tourists visiting India each year
D.
The total length of India's national highway network
