poverty refers to a situation when people are deprived of the basic necessity of life. It is often characterized by inadequacy of food, shelter and clothes. In other words, poverty refers to a state of privation where there is a lack of essential needs for subsistence.
Poor people are the depressed and deprived class. They do not get proper nutrition and diet. Their conditions have not sufficiently improved even long after over 65 years of our Independence.
- Poor people migrate from rural areas to cities and towns in search of employment/financial activity.
- The income of more than 8 crore urban people is estimated to fall below poverty line (BPL).
- In addition to this, there are around 4.5 crore urban people whose income level is on borderline of poverty level.
- A income of urban poors is highly unstable. A large number of them are either casual workers or self-employed.
- Banks and Financial institutions are reluctant to provide them loan because of the unstable income.
- A large portion of people living in slums are illiterate.
- The initiatives taken to deal with the problem of urban poverty has not yielded the desired results.
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- Major source of income: Manual causal labour jobs and cultivation are the major sources of income for rural people. Nearly 51 percent of all households are economically engaged in manual casual labour and nearly 30 percent of them is engaged in cultivation.
- Deprived: Around 48.5 percent of rural households are deprived according to the census.
- Assets: Only 11.04 percent of families own a refrigerator while there is a vehicle (including two-wheeler, boat, etc. )in around 29.69 percent of the rural houses.
4.Land ownership: Around 56 percent of village households doesn’t own a land.
5.Size of rural houses: The houses of around 54 percent rural families consists of either one or two-rooms. Out of them, around 13 percent lives in a one-room house.
CAUSES OF POVERTY - POOR AGRICULTURE
In some time droughts conditions are taken place so people can not feed themself so they take loan . after some times loan are increase and they did not pay the loan and the bank acquire their lands.
- GROWING POPULATION
Our population is growing rapidly. But our resources are limited. The growth in population creates problems for us. Today, our population is 1.20 billion; tomorrow we will be 1.21 billion and so on. We need more food, more houses, and more hospitals for them. So we have no money to spend on development projects. The ever-growing rate of population must be checked. If not, we may not be able to remove India’s poverty.
- GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND POOR
The widening gap between the rich and the poor is also responsible for India’s poverty. The rich are growing richer. The poor are growing poorer. This economic gap between the two must be reduced. Our social system should be changed. The poor people must get all help to reap the fruits of Independence.
EFFECTS OF POVERTY - ILLITERACY
2.CHILD LABOR - NUTRITION AND DIET
- UNEMPLOYMENT
- SANITATION AND HYGIENE
SOLUTIONS
1.Farmers must get all facilities for irrigation.
- They should be trained and educated.
- Agriculture must be made profitable.
4.The ever-rising population should be checked. - Family planning schemes should be introduced.
- More and more industries should be set up to meet the needs of our country.
7.Corruption must end. Our offices should work efficiently.
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