Question : In pre-independent India, who was the first person to discuss the concept of the poverty line?
Option 1: M.K. Gandhi
Option 2: Mahadev Govind Ranade
Option 3: B.R. Ambedkar
Option 4: Dadabhai Naoroji
Correct Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
Solution : The correct answer is Dadabhai Naoroji.
Dadabhai Naoroji estimated the poverty line for the first time in his book "Poverty and unBritish Rule in India. The expense of subsistence or minimum diet (rice or flour, dal, mutton, vegetables, ghee, vegetable oil and salt) was the basis for the poverty line he advocated.
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