Answer:
(i)
In India, a minimum level of food requirement, clothing, footwear, fuel and
light, educational and medical requirement, etc., are determined for
subsistence.
(ii) These things are multiplied by their prices in rupees.
(iii) The desired calorie requirements are seen depending
on age, sex and the type of work that a person does.
(iv) The accepted average calorie requirement in India is
2,400 calories per person per day in rural areas and 2,100 calories per person
per year in urban areas.
(v) Since people living in rural areas are considered to
be higher than urban areas.
(vi) The monetary expenditure per capita needed for buying
these calorie requirements is revised time to time, keeping in mind the rise in
prices.
(vii) On the basis of these calculations, for the year
2000, the poverty line for a person was fixed at `
328 per month for the rural areas and `
454 for the urban areas.
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