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SSC Selection Post 2024 PYQ — Question 38

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level - 25 June 2024 - Shift 4 • General Awareness • Q38

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What is the percentage of people below the poverty line in India according to Government of India, planning commission 2013?

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. 21.92%.

  • 21.92% is the percentage of people below the poverty line in India, according to the Government of India, planning commission 2013.

  • According to the Planning Commission of India, 21.9% of the country’s population lived below the poverty line in 2011–12.

  • This data, released in July 2013, was calculated using the Tendulkar Committee methodology, which considers consumption expenditure to define poverty thresholds.
    • In rural areas, 25.7% of the population was below the poverty line.
    • In urban areas, the figure stood at 13.7%.
  • This marked a significant decline in poverty from 37.2% in 2004–05 to 21.9% in 2011–12, indicating an average reduction of 2.18% per year during that period.