Discussion
In 1979, it was Planning Commission which defined poverty line at expenditure on per capita calorie intake of around .............. .
Answer: B
The 1979 poverty line was based on about 2100 calories in urban areas and 2400 calories in rural areas.
The Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demand, chaired by Y. K. Alagh, defined the poverty line as the monthly per capita expenditure needed to buy a daily intake of 2400 kilocalories in rural areas and 2100 in urban areas. The rural figure is higher because rural work is more physically demanding.
At 1973-74 prices this came to about Rs 49 a month in rural areas and Rs 57 in urban areas. The other options put the wrong numbers on one or both areas.
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