Understanding Poverty in India

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What is the primary method used to define poverty in India?

Access to safe drinking water

Levels of income and consumption (correct)

Level of access to healthcare

Illiteracy level

What is one of the indicators of poverty mentioned in the text?

Availability of advanced technology

Access to luxury goods

High levels of education

Lack of job opportunities (correct)

Which social groups are mentioned as being most vulnerable to poverty?

Urban professionals

Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe households (correct)

High income households

Rural communities

What was the approximate proportion of poverty in India in 1973?

55% Signup and view all the answers

In which type of families are old people, women, and female children denied equal access to family's available resources according to the text?

Poor families Signup and view all the answers

What is the poverty ratio in Jammu and Kashmir?

3.5 per cent Signup and view all the answers

Which sector has failed to generate much employment opportunities for farm laborers in India?

Agricultural sector Signup and view all the answers

What was the aim of the Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana (PMRY) started in 1993?

To create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns Signup and view all the answers

Which poverty alleviation programme was aimed at bringing the assisted poor families above the poverty line?

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) Signup and view all the answers

Which Act provides 100-days assured employment every year to every rural household in 200 districts?

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) Signup and view all the answers

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What is the primary method used to define poverty in India?

What is one of the indicators of poverty mentioned in the text?

Which social groups are mentioned as being most vulnerable to poverty?

What was the approximate proportion of poverty in India in 1973?

In which type of families are old people, women, and female children denied equal access to family's available resources according to the text?

What is the poverty ratio in Jammu and Kashmir?

Which sector has failed to generate much employment opportunities for farm laborers in India?

What was the aim of the Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana (PMRY) started in 1993?

Which poverty alleviation programme was aimed at bringing the assisted poor families above the poverty line?

Which Act provides 100-days assured employment every year to every rural household in 200 districts?

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