Poverty measurement is an unsettled issue, both conceptually and methodologically. Since poverty is a process as well as an outcome, many come out of it while others may be falling into it. The net effect of these two parallel processes is a proportion commonly identified as the 'head count ratio', but these ratios hide the fundamental dynamism that characterises poverty in practice. the most recent poverty re-estimates by an expert group has also missed the crucial dynamism. In a study conducted on 13,000 households which represented the entire country in 1993-94 and again in 2004-05, it was found that in the ten-year period 18.2% rural population moved out of poverty whereas another 22.1% fell into it over this period. This net increase of about four percentage points was seen to have a considerable variation across states and regions.
Which of the following is an inference which can be made from the facts stated in the above paragraph?
1) Poverty measurement tools in India are outdated.
2) Increase in number of persons falling into poverty varies considerably across the country over a period of time.
3) Govt of India has stopped measuring poverty related studies.
4) People living in areas are more susceptible to fall into poverty over a time.
5) None of these

Options

A. (a)Poverty measurement tools in India are outdated.
B. (b)Increase in number of persons falling into poverty varies considerably across the country over a period of time .
C. (c)Governmet of India has stopped measuring poverty related studies.
D. (d)People living below poverty line remain in that position for a very long time.

Answer

B

Explanation

Increase in number of persons falling into poverty varies considerably across the country over a period of time.