Poverty · Class 12 Indian Economic Development · Chapter 4
🇮🇳 Poverty
CBSE Class 12 Humanities & Commerce · Indian Economic Development · Chapter 1
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| 90% | Causes of poverty in India — 5-step template: intro with 22% Tendulkar + colonial/slow-growth + inequality/jobless growth + indebtedness/social + conclusion linking to multi-pronged policy. | 6 MARKS |
| 80% | Three-pronged anti-poverty strategy — Name ALL three prongs (growth + schemes + minimum needs) with at least 3 named schemes and the MGNREGA 100-days fact. | 6 MARKS |
| 60% | Poverty line — meaning + determination — Consumption (not income); 2400/2100 kcal norm; Tendulkar 2011-12 ₹816/₹1000; HCR ≈ 22%. | 4 MARKS |
| 50% | Chronic vs transient vs non-poor — Give both sub-types under chronic (always/usually) and transient (churning/occasionally), plus the non-poor; one example each. | 3 MARKS |
| 55% | Critically appraise anti-poverty programmes — Balanced — 45%→22% trend + MGNREGA/PDS gains vs leakages, mis-targeting, jobless growth + qualified-success conclusion. | 6 MARKS |
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