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Poverty Gap Index

Poverty Gap Index is a Economy concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2022, 2024). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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2 · 2022–2024
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What you need to know first

Poverty measurement metricsPoverty Line ConceptHeadcount Ratio

Real questions that test this

एकूण दारिद्र्य दरी विषयी (TPG) खालीलपैकी कोणते विधान योग्य आहे ? (TPG – Total Poverty Gap) Which of the following statements are correct about the Total Poverty Gap (TPG) ?

(a)दारिद्र्यरेखेखालील प्रत्येकाला त्या रेषेच्या वर आणण्यासाठी आवश्यक असलेल्या एकूण उत्पन्नाचे मापन TPG करते.

(b)निव्वळ दारिद्र्य रेखेच्या खाली ज्यांचे उत्पन्न आहे, अशांची संख्या म्हणजे TPG होय.

(c)प्रत्येक उत्पादन घटकाला मिळणाऱ्या एकूण राष्ट्रीय उत्पन्नातील वाट्याचे मापन TPG करते.

(d)एखाद्या देशातील उत्पन्न विषमतेच्या सापेक्ष तीव्रतेचे मापन TPG करते.

1)TPG measures the total amount of income necessary to raise everyone below poverty line up to that line.✓ Correct
2)TPG is the number of those whose incomes fall below absolute poverty line.
3)TPG measures the share of total national income that each factor of production receives.
4)TPG measures the relative degree of income inequality in a country.

Total Poverty Gap (TPG) measures the total amount of income necessary to raise everyone who is below the poverty line up to that exact line.

पॉवर्टी गॅप इंडेक्स (Poverty Gap Index) हा निर्देशांक खालीलपैकी कोणत्या कारणासाठी काढला जातो, असे गौरव दत्त व मार्टिन रँव्हलीन यांनी सांगितले ? Gaurav Dutt and Martin Ravalin said that Poverty Gap Index is calculated for which of the following reasons ?

1)दारिद्र्य दूर करण्याकरिता किती कॅलरीजची तूट भरून काढावी लागेल ? / How much calories deficit needs to be made up to eliminate poverty ?
2)दारिद्र्य दूर करण्याकरिता किती उत्पन्नातून तूट भरून काढावी लागेल ? / How much income would be needed to cover the deficit to eliminate poverty ?✓ Correct
3)दारिद्र्य दूर करण्याकरिता किती दरडोई उत्पन्नात किती वाढ करावी लागेल ? / How much increase in per capita income will be required to eliminate poverty ?
4)यापैकी काहीही नाही / None of these

Gaurav Dutt and Martin Ravallion explained that the Poverty Gap Index measures the depth of poverty by indicating how much income per capita would be needed to bring all poor individuals up to the poverty line.

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