Question
Which of the following committees determined the poverty
line based on a minimum daily requirement of 2400 and 2100 calories for an adult in Rural and Urban areas respectively.Solution
Starvation criteria for Poverty: This approach was first of all adopted by the YK Alagh Committee's recommendation in 1979 whereby, the people consuming less than 2100 calories in the urban areas or less than 2400 calories in the rural areas are poor.
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