Question

The government uses ______ as proxy for income of households to identify the poor.

Options

• Monthly Per Capita Expenditure

• Monetary Per Capita Expenditure

• Minimum Per Capita Expenditure

• None of these

Answer 1

The government uses Monthly Per Capita Expenditure as proxy for income of households to identify the poor.

Explanation:

At the national level, a monthly per capita consumption expenditure of ₹972 in rural regions and ₹1407 in urban areas is considered as the poverty line.