Every fourth Indian is poor. Roughly how many people lived in poverty in 2011-12?
A270 million
B27 million
C720 million
D70 million
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. 270 million
1. That is about 27 crore people.
2. Roughly 270 million were poor.
3. India has the largest single concentration of the poor.
_Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 3, Poverty as a Challenge._
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