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Developmental Issues and Present Trends in Indian Economy

Poverty & Unemployment Measurement

Tendulkar & Rangarajan Committees, Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), and PLFS survey data.

Target: EPFO APFC 2026•Topic-Level RAG Context Active•Model: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B / 120B

Topic Overview

Tendulkar & Rangarajan Committees, Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), and PLFS survey data.

Key Syllabus Concepts

  • Poverty Lines: Alagh (1979), Lakdawala (1993), Tendulkar (2009), Rangarajan (2014) Committees
  • Global vs National Multidimensional Poverty Index (NITI Aayog MPI - 3 dimensions, 12 indicators)
  • Types of Unemployment: Structural, Frictional, Cyclical, Disguised, Seasonal, Technical
  • Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) indicators: WPR, LFPR, UR (Usual Status vs CWS)

High-Yield Important Points & Rules

  • 💡 Disguised unemployment has zero marginal productivity of labor (common in Indian agriculture).
  • 💡 NITI Aayog's National MPI uses Alkire-Foster method matching UNDP MPI.

Historical UPSC EPFO PYQ Relevance

3 Matched PYQs
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies• Q.17
Full Question
The Government's policies were aimed at relieving the distress of the homeless, the unemployed and the poverty-stricken sections of society.
2023•EPFO APFC•General Studies• Q.63
Full Question
63. Which one of the following pairs of Dynasty and King of the Vijayanagara Empire is not correctly matched?
2023•EPFO EO/AO•General Ability Test• Q.59
Full Question
The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index developed by the United Nations Development Programme is a measurement of:
1
Nutrition
2
Cooking fuel
3
Assets
4
School attendance

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