CLASS 11 · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · CH 4: POVERTY AND EMPLOYMENT (NCERT CLASS 11 — INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT)
Poverty and Employment 💼
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Key locations covered (10)
- Defining Poverty
- Lakdawala Committee
- Tendulkar Methodology
- Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
- MGNREGA Detailed
- Employment Types
- Unemployment Rate India
- Female Labour Force Participation
- Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan
- PM Street Vendor Atmanirbhar Nidhi
Sample questions (12 of 45)
Absolute poverty is measured against?
A fixed minimum (poverty line/calorie-based)
Relative poverty is measured against?
Median/average income of society
Poverty Gap Index measures?
How far poor are below the poverty line
Hashim Committee on poverty estimation methodology submitted report in?
Discussed during 2010s but no new official line
Poverty + unemployment are closely linked because?
Lack of jobs leads to low/no income
Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio (India) 2022-23.
About 11.28%
Multidimensional Poverty Index methodology was developed by?
Sabina Alkire + James Foster
Largest poverty pocket state (Tendulkar 2011-12).
Chhattisgarh
Lakdawala Committee submitted report in?
1993
Lakdawala used which prices for poverty line?
Separate CPI-AL (rural) and CPI-IW (urban)
Working age population in India.
About 65% of total
Asset creation in MGNREGA helps in?
Long-term rural infrastructure + productivity
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT Class 11 Geography syllabus, drawn from the chapter Ch 4: Poverty and Employment (NCERT Class 11 — Indian Economic Development). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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