<P> The World Bank has been revising its definition and benchmarks to measure up poverty since 1990 , with a $2 per day income on purchasing power parity basis as the definition in use from 2005 to 2013 . Some semi-economic and non-economic indices have also been proposed to measure poverty in India ; for example , the Multi-dimensional Poverty Index placed 33 % weight on number of years spent in school and education and 6.25 % weight on financial condition of a person , in order to determine if that a person is poor . </P>
<P> The World Bank has been revising its definition and benchmarks to measure up poverty since 1990 , with a $2 per day income on purchasing power parity basis as the definition in use from 2005 to 2013 . Some semi-economic and non-economic indices have also been proposed to measure poverty in India ; for example , the Multi-dimensional Poverty Index placed 33 % weight on number of years spent in school and education and 6.25 % weight on financial condition of a person , in order to determine if that a person is poor . </P>
who defined the first poverty line in india
who defined the first poverty line in india
1990
1990