General Studies Paper I · Subtopic
Poverty
Official syllabus
Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
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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