what is defination of below poverty line?

Answer 1

DEFINITION: National estimates of the percentage of the population lying below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations.

Answer 2

Below Poverty Line Meaning

Answer 3

The Planning Commission estimates the proportion and number of poor separately for rural and urban India at the national and State levels based on the recommendations of the Task Force on ‘Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demands’ (1979). The Task Force had defined the poverty line (BPL) as the cost of an all India average consumption basket at which calorie norms were met. The norms were 2400 calories per capita per day for rural areas and 2100 calories for urban areas. These calorie norms have been expressed in monetary terms as Rs. 49.09 and Rs. 56.64 per capita per month for rural and urban areas respectively at 1973-74 prices. Based on the recommendations of a Study Group on ‘ The Concept and Estimation of Poverty Line’, the private consumption deflator from national accounts statistics was selected to update the poverty lines in 1977-78, 1983 and 1987-88.
Subsequently, the expert group under the Chairmanship of late Prof. D.T. Lakdawala examined the issue. The Expert Group accepted the definition of poverty line and base year figures but suggested an alternative methodology to calculate the poverty line. It recommended the use of consumer price index for agricultural labour to update the rural poverty line and a simple average of weighted
commodity indices of the consumer price index for industrial workers and for urban non-manual employees to update the urban poverty line. The Planning Commission accepted the
recommendations of the Expert Group but modified the method for updating the poverty lines. The Commission decided to use only CPI for industrial workers to estimate and update the urban poverty line. The estimates have been revised and released accordingly.

Answer 4

I work with people in a third world country that live way below the poverty line. All of the people that I have met and worked with have a belief in a higher power and that belief is an important part of their day to day survival. It helps to maintain hope in a seemingly hopeless situation. Also what I have found is that they tend to be more furvent in there religion or belief in a higher power and their beliefs tend to lean more towards the supernatural because of lack of education.

Answer 5

The criterion for BPL is monthly per capita consumption expenditure below Rs. 356.35 for rural areas and Rs. 538.60 for urban areas in India

Answer 6

No Food, No Cloths, No Roof, and No Job

Answer 7

wat does below poverty line mean at present...??ny 1 new if so plz do....