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- Following Elements mainly affect the magnitude of the poverty ration
- The Nutrition norm in the Base Year
- Price deflator used to update the Poverty Line
- Pro rata adjustment in the number of households in different expenditure classes to determine the number of households below and above poverty line.
- Agricultural wage earners, small and marginal farmers and casual workers engaged in non-agricultural activities constitute the bulk of the rural poor