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100			_aSen, Pronab
245			_aOf calories and things: reflections on nutritional norms, poverty lines and consumption behaviour in India
260			_c2005
300			_ap.4611-618.
362			_a22 Oct
520			_aThere are two main criticisms of the poverty line, which are in some ways interrelated. The first is that even though the poverty line ensured the consumption of the normative calorie intake in 1973-74, it no longer does so. The second questions the very use of calorie intake as a measure of nutritional adequacy, arguing that such a unidimensional measure may do more harm than good in the measurement of poverty and design of poverty alleviation instruments. This paper seeks to address these criticisms of the extant methodology of deriving the poverty line from an economist's perspective and attempts to bring out some issues which call for further research. - Reproduced.
650			_a Calories - India
650			_a Consumption - India
650			_aPoverty - India
650			_aNutrition - India
650			_aPoverty
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a67432
999			_c67432 _d67432