Question : Assertion: A standard based on calories is insufficient to identify the impoverished.
Reason: It does not distinguish between the extremely poor and the other poor; instead, it lumps all the poor together.
Option 1: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
Option 2: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
Option 3: Assertion (A) is True but Reason (R) is False
Option 4: Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is True
Correct Answer: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
Solution :
The following factors make the calorie-based norm inadequate to identify the poor:
(i) This system does not distinguish between the really poor and other poor people. It lumps them all together into a single, derogatory category. As a result, it refers to the entire class of poverty rather than just the poor who are most in need.
(ii) This mechanism substitutes ineffective measures of income, such as monthly per capita spending, for actual income. These things are not acceptable and suitable revenue substitutes for calculating calorie needs.
Hence option a is the correct answer.
