UPSC 2014 CDS II GK Paper

Dr. Nilakantha Rath and Professor V.M. Dandekar (of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune) were well known for their study on poverty in India. In their study on ‘Poverty in India’ (1971), they had concentrated their attention mainly on the least minimum per capita income necessary for sufficient food intake and other necessities. They had fixed the figure of 2250 calories as nutritional adequacy. Anyone getting below this figure is characterised as poor