Question

Identify the social and economic groups which are most vulnerable to poverty in India??​

Answer 1

• In India, the Scheduled tribes and Scheduled castes are the social groups that are highly vulnerable to poverty.

• In India, the casual labour households in urban areas and households in rural areas that are dependent on agriculture labour, are the most vulnerable economic groups.

Answer 2

• The economic groups more vulnerable to poverty are urban casual workers and rural agricultural labourers
• The social groups most vulnerable to poverty have been identified to be the scheduled caste households and the scheduled tribe households with both these groups having above average levels of poverty indicators in the rural and the urban population.