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Q: Which is a subsistence factor used to measure the poverty line in India?
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  • B. Education
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Correct Answer: Option B - The subsistence requirement or basic needs are - food, clothes and shelter. Education is used as the subsistence factor to estimate poverty as due to lack of education or illiteracy power to earn money becomes less. According to NITI Aayog's National Multidimensional Poverty Index Based on NFHS-4 (2015-16), While 25.01 percent of the population was multidimensionality poor in the country the poverty ratio was high as 32.75 percent in rural areas during that year. This was against 8.1 percent of the population in Urban area.
B. The subsistence requirement or basic needs are - food, clothes and shelter. Education is used as the subsistence factor to estimate poverty as due to lack of education or illiteracy power to earn money becomes less. According to NITI Aayog's National Multidimensional Poverty Index Based on NFHS-4 (2015-16), While 25.01 percent of the population was multidimensionality poor in the country the poverty ratio was high as 32.75 percent in rural areas during that year. This was against 8.1 percent of the population in Urban area.

Explanations:

The subsistence requirement or basic needs are - food, clothes and shelter. Education is used as the subsistence factor to estimate poverty as due to lack of education or illiteracy power to earn money becomes less. According to NITI Aayog's National Multidimensional Poverty Index Based on NFHS-4 (2015-16), While 25.01 percent of the population was multidimensionality poor in the country the poverty ratio was high as 32.75 percent in rural areas during that year. This was against 8.1 percent of the population in Urban area.