India has largest poor living in the world.
Important Questions on Understanding the Indian Economy
Based on the given table, arrange the following households in the order of the most poor to the least poor.
| Name of Head of Household | Location of Residence | Daily Wages | No. of workdays per person | Size of the household | No. of working members |
| Jeewan | Mumbai | ||||
| Yashwant | Palampur Village | ||||
| Sheelam | Bangalore | ||||
| Sumer | Dindori Village |
The daily wage of a person in a rural area is Rs . Arrange the following households in descending order of vulnerability to poverty.
| Name of the Households |
Households Person – days of employment |
Size of the Household |
Working members of the family |
| Ruldoo | |||
| Mulkha | |||
| Fakira | |||
| Preeto |
Arrange the following persons in terms of ascending order of vulnerability to poverty that is from the least vulnerable to the most vulnerable.
(i) Rahul completed standard and is working as a bus driver in a private bus transport company with proper employment order and labour security cover.
(ii) Rithish is a graduate and a musician. He earns living through concerts in larger towns and cities all over the country.
(iii) Ramu is an illiterate and agricultural labourer in a village with only drylands.
(iv) Ramesh can read and write, and he is a construction worker employed on a daily wage basis by a contractor in a big town.
In comparison with the planning commission which of the following different factors are considered by the Tendulkar Committee for measurement of poverty?
1. Education
2. Health
3. Expenditure on Drinking Water
4. Expenditure on Good quality food
5. Migration for Employment
"India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering."
Who among the following asserted the given statement in light of the poverty?
Identify the economist based on the clues given below:
(i) He is an Indian economist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contribution to social choice theory and welfare economics, and his concern for the problems of the poorest members of society.
(ii) He has written several books including Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation .
(iii) He gave the Capability Approach which looks at poverty as deprivation in the capability to live a good life.
