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According to the latest NSSO consumer expenditure survey conducted in 2024, what is the reported poverty rate in India?

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RRB NTPC 2024 Undergraduate CBT 1 Question Paper (29-Aug-2025) (Shift 1)
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Below 5%

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Below 5%.

  • ​According to the latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) by NSSO for 2022–23, India's poverty rate has declined to below 5%, as stated by NITI Aayog CEO B.V.R. Subrahmanyam.
  • The survey indicates that per capita monthly household expenditure has more than doubled since 2011–12, reflecting increased prosperity in both rural and urban areas.
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Important Questions from Unemployment & Poverty

  1. What was the overall unemployment rate in India as reported in the $6^{th}$ Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey conducted by the Labour Bureau?
  2. Which of the following measures the percentage of a country's population living below the poverty line?
  3. Which statistical indicator is used to measure the depth of poverty by accounting for the extent to which individuals fall below the poverty line?
  4. What was the poverty rate in India in 2019-21, according to the India National Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2023?

  5. Which state recorded the lowest unemployment rate according to the PLFS 2022-23?
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