Assertion [A] : Poverty level declines with a rise in agricultural output. Reason [R] : Agricultural incomes have declined due to wide fluctuations in climatic conditions.
Both [A] and [R] are true, but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A]
Most of India's rural poor depend on farming as cultivators or farm labourers, so changes in farm output pass quickly into their incomes and food prices.
The Assertion is true: studies of Indian data show that growth in agricultural output has been the most poverty-reducing form of growth, raising farm wages and lowering food prices.
The Reason is also true as a statement: droughts, floods and erratic monsoons cause wide swings in yields, and farm incomes have fallen in years of adverse weather.
But the Reason does not explain the Assertion. The Assertion links higher output to lower poverty, while the Reason describes how climatic shocks pull farm incomes down; it neither causes nor accounts for the fall in poverty with rising output.
Both [A] and [R] are true, but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A] option is correct.
Similar Questions
Assertion [A]: Poverty remains one of the major problems in India as a result of rapid increase in population.
Reason [R]: Socio-economic factors and geographical factors play a part in the extent of poverty.
Which are the two broad categories grouped in the Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation Programmes (1998–1999)?
(i) Self Employment Schemes
(ii) Wage Employment Schemes
(iii) Employment Generation Schemes
Assertion [A] : The central problem of developing economies is the prevalence of 'mass poverty'.
Reason [R] : Developing economies are characterized by low resource base of the poor who own a very small portion of the total assets.
Important Questions from Poverty
Consider the following statements regarding the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) :
I. It aims to reduce poverty by enabling poor households to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities.
II. It assures that at least two members from each rural poor household would be brought under the Self-Help Groups (SHGs) network.
III. The programme leverages community resources to build institutions and promote livelihoods.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Assertion [A]: Poverty remains one of the major problems in India as a result of rapid increase in population.
Reason [R]: Socio-economic factors and geographical factors play a part in the extent of poverty.
Which are the two broad categories grouped in the Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation Programmes (1998–1999)?
(i) Self Employment Schemes
(ii) Wage Employment Schemes
(iii) Employment Generation Schemes
Assertion [A] : The central problem of developing economies is the prevalence of 'mass poverty'.
Reason [R] : Developing economies are characterized by low resource base of the poor who own a very small portion of the total assets.
