Poverty bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Minimum income to meet basic needs.

   Item

   Poverty line

2. Clue

   Being shut out of what others enjoy.

   Item

   Exclusion

3. Clue

   Higher chance of becoming poor.

   Item

   Vulnerability

4. Clue

   Methodology behind poverty estimates.

   Item

   Tendulkar

5. Clue

   Body that surveys for the poverty line.

   Item

   NSSO

6. Clue

   World Bank's daily threshold.

   Item

   $1.90 line

7. Clue

   100 days of rural work, 2005.

   Item

   MGNREGA

8. Clue

   Self help groups with bank credit, 1999.

   Item

   SGSY

9. Clue

   Anna Yojana for the poorest.

   Item

   Antyodaya

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation