Answer: Option [B]The classification of persons below the poverty line in India are based on whether they are entitled to a minimum prescribed food basket. Poverty line in India is classified on the basis of calories per day available to a person. It is a simple average and does not show the actual availability to a person or a household.
Answer: Option [D]Poverty Gap reflects the difference between poverty line and actual income levels of all those living below that line. The poverty gap reflects the intensity of poverty in a nation, showing the average shortfall of the total population from the poverty line. The poverty gap is an indicator produced by the World Bank, which measures poverty by looking at per capita income and consumption in households.
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Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
Answer: Option [D]The correct answer is Neither I nor II.
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Answer: Option [B]The correct answer is Food grains are provided free of cost to the States/Union Territories.
Answer: Option [A]The type of unemployment mostly found in India can be characterized as is Disguised. The type of unemployment mostly found in India can be characterised as disguised unemployment. Disguised unemployment exists where part of the labor force is either left without work or is working in a redundant manner where worker productivity is essentially zero. It is unemployment that does not affect aggregate output.
Answer: Option [A]The correct answer is Cyclical unemployment. Cyclical unemployment is a type of unemployment where the workers lose their jobs because of downturns in business cycle. It is called cyclical unemployment because it relates to cyclical trends in growth and production that occur within the business cycle. When business cycle is at the peak, cyclical unemployment is at its lowest as economic output is maximum.
Answer: Option [D]Among the reasons for disguised unemployment in the rural areas is heavy pressure of population along with slow implementation of land reforms.
The following reasons are disguised unemployment in the rural areas:
- Population growth: High growth in population leads to surplus labour, especially in the rural areas.
- Limited skills and knowledge about better opportunities: Disguised unemployment is also caused by limited skills of the labourers.
Answer: Option [D]In India, present trend of rapid urbanization is due to lack of employment opportunities in rural areas.
Answer: Option [D]The correct answer is Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana. The Swaranjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) is an integrated programme for Self Employment of the rural poor, launched with effect from 1st April 1999, following the restructuring of erstwhile Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) and allied Schemes.
Answer: Option [A]The correct answer is ADHAR.
