Persons below the poverty line in India are classified as such based whether: 

(a) they are entitled to a minimum prescribed food basket 

(b) they get work for a prescribed minimum number of days in a year 

(c) they belong to agricultural labourer household and the scheduled caste/tribe social group 

(d) their daily wages fall below the prescribed minimum wages

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(a) Poverty line in India is classified on the basis of calories per day available to a person. It is a simple average and does not show the actual availability to a person or a household.

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