INDIA - BELOW POVERTY LINE
Below Poverty Line is an economic benchmark and poverty threshold used by the government of India to indicate economic disadvantage and to identify individuals and households in need of government assistance and aid. It is determined using various parameters which vary from state to state and within states. The present criteria are based on a survey conducted in 2002. Going into a survey due for a decade, India's central government is undecided on criteria to identify families below poverty line.
Internationally, an income of less than $1.25 per day per head of purchasing power parity is defined as extreme poverty. By this estimate, about 21.92% percent of Indians are extremely poor. Income-based poverty lines consider the bare minimum income to provide basic food requirements; it does not account for other essentials such as health care and education. INDIA WAS A COUNTRY KNOWN TO ALL AS ONE OF THE MOST RICHEST COUNTRIES AGES AGO.BUT THE BRITISHERS RUINED INDIA. AND NOW AFTER THROWING THE BRITISHERS FROM INDIA THE POLITICIANS ARE UP TO LOOTING US. INDIA IS KNOWN AS THE MOST CORRUPT COUNTRY.THERE IS WRONG DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.SOME PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING AND SOME ENJOY LIFE WITH EVERYTHING.BUT NOW WE DO HOPE THE NARENDRA MODI LED GOVERNMENT SHAL RESTORE OUR PRIZED HERITAGE. AFTER ALL "ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE AND ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE MERELY PLAYERS. "Criteria are different for rural and urban areas. In its Tenth Five-Year Plan, the degree of deprivation is measured with the help of parameters with scores given from 0–4, with 13 parameters. Families with 17 marks or less (formerly 15 marks or less) out of a maximum 52 marks have been classified as BPL.Poverty line solely depends on the per capita income in India rather than level of prices.The poverty line was originally fixed in terms of income/food requirements in 1978. It was stipulated that the calorie standard for a typical individual in rural areas was 2400 calorie and was 2100 calorie in urban areas.
Internationally, an income of less than $1.25 per day per head of purchasing power parity is defined as extreme poverty. By this estimate, about 21.92% percent of Indians are extremely poor. Income-based poverty lines consider the bare minimum income to provide basic food requirements; it does not account for other essentials such as health care and education. INDIA WAS A COUNTRY KNOWN TO ALL AS ONE OF THE MOST RICHEST COUNTRIES AGES AGO.BUT THE BRITISHERS RUINED INDIA. AND NOW AFTER THROWING THE BRITISHERS FROM INDIA THE POLITICIANS ARE UP TO LOOTING US. INDIA IS KNOWN AS THE MOST CORRUPT COUNTRY.THERE IS WRONG DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.SOME PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING AND SOME ENJOY LIFE WITH EVERYTHING.BUT NOW WE DO HOPE THE NARENDRA MODI LED GOVERNMENT SHAL RESTORE OUR PRIZED HERITAGE. AFTER ALL "ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE AND ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE MERELY PLAYERS. "Criteria are different for rural and urban areas. In its Tenth Five-Year Plan, the degree of deprivation is measured with the help of parameters with scores given from 0–4, with 13 parameters. Families with 17 marks or less (formerly 15 marks or less) out of a maximum 52 marks have been classified as BPL.Poverty line solely depends on the per capita income in India rather than level of prices.The poverty line was originally fixed in terms of income/food requirements in 1978. It was stipulated that the calorie standard for a typical individual in rural areas was 2400 calorie and was 2100 calorie in urban areas.