Question

3. Describe poverty trends in India since 1973?
4. Discuss the major reasons for poverty in India?
5. Identify the social and economic groups which are most vulnerable to poverty
in India.
6. Give an account of interstate disparities of poverty in India.
7. Describe global poverty trends.
8. Describe current government strategy of poverty alleviation?
9. Answer the following questions briefly
(i) What do you understand by human poverty?
(ii) Who are the poorest of the poor?
(iii) What are the main features of the National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act 2005?​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

3. There has been a substantial decline in the poverty ratios in India from about 54.9 per cent in 1973 to 36 per cent in 1993. The proportion of people below poverty line further came down to about 26 percent in 2000. However the number of poor people are constant around 320 million for a long time.

4.

$=> Inequality \ child \ labour\\=> Less \ employment \ oppurtunity$

5.

$=> The \ social \ groups \ more \ vulnerable \ to \ poverty \ are \ the \ Scheduled \ castes \ and$$Scheduled \ Tribes \ households.$

6.  

$=> Poverty \ in \ India \ is \ not \ the \ same \ in \ every \ state.$$The \ success \ rate \ of \ reducing \ poverty \ varies \ from \ state \ to$$state \ causing \ interstate \ disparities \ in \ poverty \ level. \ Orrisa , \ Bihar, \ and$$madaya \ parades \ are \ the \ three \ poorest \ state \ in \ India \ with \ there\ people$$living \ below \ poverty \ line \ being \ 47, \ 42 \ and \ 37 \ present \ respectively...$

7.

$=> (i) Poverty \ declined \ in \ China \ and \ South-East \ Asian \ countries$$as \ a \ result \ of \ rapid \ economic \ growth \ and \ huge \ investments \ in \ the\ \ development$$of \ human \ resources. \\(ii) \ In \ Latin \ America \ and \ the \ Caribbean, \ the \ ratio \ of \ poverty \ remained \ almost \ the \ same.$8.

$The \ current \ anti-poverty \ strategy \ of \ the \ government \ has \ a \ two-prolonged \ approaches \ i.e.$$promotion \ of \ economic \ growth \ and \ targeted \ anti-poverty \ programmes.$

$Economic \ growth \ widens \ opportunities \ and \ provide \ resources \ needed \ to \ invest \ in \ human \ \\development$

9.

$(i) Human \ poverty \ is \ a \ concept \ that \ goes \ beyond \ the \ limited \ view \ of \ poverty \ as \ lack \ of \ income .$(ii) The person who can,t fullfill their basic need. ....like food, shelter, cloths, etc.

(iii) The main features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 are mentioned below:

• (i)The NREGAs 2005 was passed in September 2005.

• (ii)The actprovides 100 days assured employment to every rural household in 200 districts.

• (iii)The central government will also establish National Employment Guarantee funds