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What is the primary method used to define poverty in India?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
What is the poverty ratio in Jammu and Kashmir?
Which sector has failed to generate much employment opportunities for farm laborers in India?
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?
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 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?
Which Act provides 100-days assured employment every year to every rural household in 200 districts?
