Several members of the Indian government have argued that poverty in India should be calculated according to how many calories per day people consume, not in relation to their incomes. What sort of measure of poverty would this be?
A) vertical
B) structural
C) absolute
D) relative

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Measuring poverty based on calorie consumption is an example of an absolute measure of poverty, as it sets a specific threshold (in this case, calories) that applies universally, regardless of other factors like income or geographic location.

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