Question

The decline in poverty in Kerala from 59.8% in 1973-74 to 11.3% in 2011-12 compared to the national average indicates:

• A. Kerala had slower poverty reduction due to high inequality.
• B. Kerala achieved sharper poverty reduction than the national average.
• C. Kerala’s poverty reduction matched the national trend exactly.
• D. Kerala’s reduction was due only to remittance flows.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Kerala achieved sharper poverty reduction than the national average.

• National poverty declined from 54.9% to 29.5% (25 percentage point fall), while Kerala reduced from 59.8% to 11.3% (48.5 percentage point fall), almost double the national pace, due to its different development model.