Which of the following determines the poverty line in India?

1. A

   Union Council of Ministers

   (a) Official key: This paper keys the Union Council of Ministers as the body that determines the poverty line in India. Among Cabinet, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and the Planning Commission (NITI Aayog), the stored authority is the Union Council of Ministers.

2. B

   Lok Sabha

   Lok Sabha can discuss poverty and pass related laws; it is not keyed as the technical determiner of the poverty line. Parliamentary debate is not the stored function.

3. C

   Rajya Sabha

   Rajya Sabha likewise legislates and debates; it does not set the official poverty-line method on this row. Upper House is not the key.

4. D

   Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog)

   The Planning Commission (and expert groups it hosted) is the usual textbook setter of poverty estimates before NITI Aayog. It is listed but is not this paper’s official key. Do not overwrite Cabinet with the Commission.

Summary. Official key is (a). The stem asks who determines India’s poverty line. The Commission keyed the Union Council of Ministers. Planning Commission / NITI expert lines are the familiar institutional answer; Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are legislative houses. Honour the Cabinet letter. The official determiner here is the Union Council of Ministers.