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CLASS 9 · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · CH 3: POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE (NCERT CLASS 9 — ECONOMICS)

Poverty as a Challenge 📉

NCERT-aligned Class 9 Geography topic. Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.

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Poverty line in India is determined on basis of...
Minimum level of food / calorie + non-food consumption needed
Calorie norm for rural poverty line.
2,400 kcal per person per day
Calorie norm for urban poverty line.
2,100 kcal per person per day
Vicious cycle of poverty refers to?
Low income to low savings to low investment to low income
Multidimensional poverty includes which non-income dimensions?
Education + health + standard of living
Two largest poverty-by-numbers states.
Uttar Pradesh + Bihar
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) reduces poverty by?
Eliminating leakage in subsidies
PM JANMAN scheme targets?
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)
Tendulkar Committee on poverty estimation submitted its report in which year?
2009 (chaired by Suresh Tendulkar)
As per Tendulkar (2011-12), rural poverty line was Rs. how many per person per month?
Rs.816
As per Tendulkar (2011-12), urban poverty line was Rs. how many per person per month?
Rs.1,000
Methodology used by Tendulkar Committee was Mixed Recall Period (MRP). True/False?
True

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This topic is part of the NCERT Class 9 Geography syllabus, drawn from the chapter Ch 3: Poverty as a Challenge (NCERT Class 9 — Economics). 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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