• Following Elements mainly affect the magnitude of the POVERTY ration
    • The Nutrition norm in the
    • Price deflator used to update the Poverty Line
    • Pro rata adjustment in the number of households in different expenditure classes to determine the number of households below and above poverty line.
  • Agricultural wage earners, small and marginal farmers and casual workers engaged in non-agricultural activities constitute the bulk of the rural poor

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