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Poverty As A Challenge

The document discusses poverty in India, its causes, and measures to address it. Some key points: - Over 26% of India's population lives below the poverty line, with half of poor people located in three states. Poverty is mainly a rural issue. - Causes of poverty include unemployment, overreliance on agriculture, high population growth, and lack of access to food and healthcare. - The government has implemented various anti-poverty programs and five-year plans aimed at economic growth and targeted assistance. Microfinance has also helped reduce poverty. - While poverty remains a challenge, India's middle class is growing rapidly which could help address the issue.

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Poverty As A Challenge

The document discusses poverty in India, its causes, and measures to address it. Some key points: - Over 26% of India's population lives below the poverty line, with half of poor people located in three states. Poverty is mainly a rural issue. - Causes of poverty include unemployment, overreliance on agriculture, high population growth, and lack of access to food and healthcare. - The government has implemented various anti-poverty programs and five-year plans aimed at economic growth and targeted assistance. Microfinance has also helped reduce poverty. - While poverty remains a challenge, India's middle class is growing rapidly which could help address the issue.

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POVERTY AS A

CHALLENGE
- HEMANT KUMAR SAHU
POVERTY AS SEEN BY SOCIAL SCIENTISTS

 Poverty:
 Size of family
 Unemployment
 Landlessness
 Malnutrition
 Illiteracy
 Child labour
Poverty in the States of India

 One half of India’s poor is located the three states of


Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh
 Maharashtra, West Bengal and Orissa account for 22.5% of
poverty
POVERTY MAP
General

 One fifth of the world’s people live on less than Rs.50 a


day, and 44% of them are in South Asia
 About 26 percent of India is below the poverty line
 This is happening in mainly in rural areas of India
POVERTY: COMPARISON BETWEEN SOME
SELECTED COUNTRIES

Country % of Population below $1 a day


1. Nigeria 70.8
2. Bangladesh 36.0
3. India 35.3
4. Pakistan 17.0
5. China 16.6
6. Brazil 8.2
7. Indonesia 7.5
8. Sri Lanka 5.6
Female Literacy and Infant Mortality
Rates
 Lack of food and health care due to low income/assets is
associated with the higher probability of a new born child
dying between birth and the age of one
 The High Female illiteracy rate has a major impact on IMR
 If more women were literate the IMR would be much
higher
CAUSES OF POVERTY

 Even though India’s economy is growing there wealth distribution is


uneven
 1/4 of the nation's population earns less than the government-
specified $0.40/day
 Unemployment and underemployment
 Over-reliance on agriculture
 High population growth rate
POPULATION CHART
UNEMPLOYMENT CHART
What is Being Done

 Microfinance( very small loans) has helped India a lot


 There are multiple organization to help feed them and
keep there agriculture going
 The Planning Commission sets up a five year plan for India
to help them achieve goal such as ending poverty
Positive Things Happening in India:
Middle Class
 Currently India adds 40 million people to its middle class
every year
 estimated 300 million Indians now belong to the middle
class
 one-third of them have emerged from poverty in the last
ten years
 It is predicted that by 2025 the Majority of Indians will
live in middle class
ANTI POVERTY MEASURES

 Promotion of economic growth


 Targeted anti-poverty programmes

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