Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Dada Bhai Naroji
The correct answer is Dada Bhai Naroji. - Poverty Estimation:
- A common method used to estimate poverty in India is based on income or consumption levels.
- If the income or consumption falls below a given minimum level, then the household is said to be Below the Poverty Line (BPL).
- Poverty estimation in India is now carried out by NITI Aayog’s task force through the calculation of the poverty line based on the data captured by the National Sample Survey Office.
- Pre-Independence Poverty Estimation:
- Dadabhai Naoroji through his book, “Poverty and unBritish Rule in India” made the earliest estimation of the poverty line.
- He estimated ₹16 to ₹35 per capita per year.
- The poverty line proposed by him was based on the cost of a subsistence or minimum basic diet (rice or flour, dal, mutton, vegetables, ghee, vegetable oil, and salt).
| Dada Bhai Naraoji | - Born: 4 September 1825; Bombay Presidency
- Died: 30 June 1917
- He is also known as the Grand Old Man of India.
- He was the 2nd & 9th President of the Indian National Congress.
| | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | - Born: 23 July 1856, Chikhali
- Died: 1 August 1920
- Nickname: Lokmanya Tilak
- Full name: Keshav Gangadhar Tilak.
| | Mahatma Gandhi | - Born: 2 October 1869, Porbandar
- Died: 30 January 1948, New Delhi
- Full name: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
| | Bipin Chandra Pal | - Born: 7 November 1858, Habiganj, Bangladesh
- Died: 20 May 1932, Kolkata
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