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General Studies Paper I · Subtopic

Poverty

Official syllabus

Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.

UPSC CSE 2026 notification

What this covers

Poverty may refer to income, consumption or multiple deprivations. Different measures answer different questions, so figures are not directly comparable without a shared definition, survey period and population.

Key ideas

  • measurement
  • deprivation
  • threshold
  • time period

Official wording is from UPSC's Civil Services Examination 2026 notification, the current baseline for CSE 2027 preparation. Always check the latest notification at upsc.gov.in. Scopes and key ideas are CSE One's study map and are being expanded.