Economics · Poverty and Unemployment
Which of the following describes the methodology adopted by the Tendulkar Expert Group (2009) for estimating poverty in India?
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- 1It proposed a scorecard based on a Below Poverty Line (BPL) census for targeted welfare delivery.
- 2It modified the calorie-based approach by using state-specific price indices for poverty estimation.
- 3It shifted from calorie norms to Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE), incorporating health and education costs.✓
- 4It established a poverty line using separate food and non-food norms, resulting in thresholds of Rs 32 per day for rural areas and Rs 47 per day for urban areas.
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It shifted from calorie norms to Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE), incorporating health and education costs.
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