<prompt> In povey lines the expenditure required for a daily calorie intake of -- in rura areas-2200240021002300  <response>: Ans. is b i.e., 2400 Also know Wealth index o The wealth index is a composite measure of the cumulative living standard of a household. 3 The wealth index is calculated using easy-to-collect data on a households uwenership of selected assets, such as televisions and bicycles, meterials used for housing construction, and types of water access and sanitation facilities. o Information on the wealth index is based on data collected in the household questionaire. o After collecting data, various statistical procedures are used to create break points that define wealth quintiles as:- i Lowest first quintile iiSecond quintile iii Third quintile iv Fouh quintile v Highest quintile o The distribution of the population across wealth quintiles show large variation across states : -I. Delhi has maximum population in highest wealth quintile 70 of population. 2. Jharkhand has maximum population in lowest wealth quintile 49.6 of population. 