Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 Humanities & CommerceEconomicsPoverty3 Marks
Question
What is Jail cost of living? How is it estimated?
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Answer
Dada Bhai Naroji gave the concept of Jail cost of living. He assumed that in a jail a prisoner is given only basic minimum needs. But in jail only adults live while in a society children also live. Therefore, he adjusted jail cost of living by assuming that $\frac{1}{3}$ of population is of adult males, $\frac{1}{3}$ of population is of adult females and $\frac{1}{3}$ are children. Out of $\frac{1}{3}$ children half depend on mother's milk and help eat half of an adult's diet. Therefore jail cost of living is equal to:$\frac{1}{3}(\text{full})+\frac{1}{3}(\text{full})+\frac{1}{6}(\text{nil})+\frac{1}{6}(\text{half})=\frac{3}{4}\text{th}$ Jail cost of Living
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