5 important questions from poverty as challenge chapter
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Question 5. Name any two poverty and unemployment alleviation programmes which have been initiated by the government to remove poverty and unemployment in rural areas. Answer: The Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme.
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What is poverty? [CBSE 2015]
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Poverty is a situation in which a person is unable to get the minimum basic necessities of life, i.e., food, clothing and shelter for his or her sustenance.
Question 2.
What is mass poverty?
Answer:
Mass poverty is a situation in which a large section of people in economy are deprived of the basic necessities.
Question 3.
What is BPL?
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What is Poverty Line?
Answer:
In India, the concept of Poverty line is used as a measure of absolute poverty. So BPL (Below Poverty Line) is a line which demarcate the people, who are living below the poverty from those, who are living above the poverty line.
Question 4.
Mention any two indicators of poverty.
Answer:
Level of income.
Level of consumption.
Question 5.
Name any two poverty and unemployment alleviation programmes which have been initiated by the government to remove poverty and unemployment in rural areas.
Answer:
The Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme.
Integrated Rural Development Programmer of IRDP.
Question 6.
What is the accepted average calorie requirement in India
(i) In rural areas
(ii) In urban areas
(iii) Why calorie requirement is higher in the rural areas?
Answer:
(i) 2400 calories
(ii) 2100 calories
(iii) Since people living in rural areas engage themselves in more physical work, so calorie requirement in rural areas is higher than in the urban areas.
Question 7.
How is the poverty line estimated periodically? Name an organisation which is responsible for estimating poverty. [CBSE 2015]
Answer:
The poverty line is estimated periodically by conducting sample surveys.
These surveys are carried out by the National Sample Survey Organisation. (NSSO).