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Poverty — Economics STD 12 Humanities & Commerce — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 Humanities & CommerceEconomicsPoverty4 Marks
Question
Why calorie-based norm is not adequate to identify the poor?
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Answer

The calorie-based norm is not adequate to identify the poor because:
  • This mechanism groups all people together and does not differentiate between a very poor from other poor making it difficult to identify who are the most needy.
  • The norm only uses expenditure on food and some selected few items as basis of estimating poor.
  • This norm does not consider various important factors that are associated with poverty. These factors are health care, clean drinking water, proper sanitation and basic education.
  • It also fails to account for social factors that exaggerate and worsen poverty like ill health, lack of access to resources, lack of civil and political freedom, etc.

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