Which committee first based India's poverty line on a minimum calorie-intake norm of 2,400 kcal (rural) and 2,100 kcal (urban) per person per day?
(a) Lakdawala Committee
(b) Alagh Committee
(c) Tendulkar Committee
(d) Rangarajan Committee

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The Alagh Committee (1979) was the first to formally define India's poverty line using a minimum calorie-intake norm — approximately 2,400 kcal per person per day for rural areas and 2,100 kcal for urban areas, converted into a rupee expenditure figure using prevailing prices. Later committees built on this approach: the Lakdawala Committee (1993) kept the calorie basis but adjusted it with state-specific price indices, while the Tendulkar Committee (2009) moved away from a pure calorie norm toward a broader consumption basket, and the Rangarajan Committee (2014) refined the basket further. Since th …

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The state with the lowest poverty in 2013 was Goa — option (d).

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The correct option is (A) 816 — the rural monthly poverty-line figure for 2011-12.

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Q.Which committee first based India's poverty line on a minimum calorie-intake norm of 2,400 kcal (rural) and 2,100 kcal (urban) per person per day?

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