In our daily life, we come across many people who we think are poor. They could be
landless labourers in villages or people living in overcrowded jhuggis in cities.
They
could be daily wage workers at construction sites or child workers in dhabas. They could
also be beggars with children in tatters. We see poverty all around us. In fact, every
fourth person in India is poor. This means, roughly 270 million (or 27 crore) people in
India live in poverty (2011–12). This also means that India has the largest single
concentration of the poor in the world. This illustrates the seriousness of the challenge.
a. What is Slum ?
b. What is the basic reason for poverty in India?
c. After 75 years of our Independence still poverty is a challenge for us. How?
Answers
Answer:
26) 1 Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter. However, poverty is more, much more than just not having enough money. The World Bank Organization describes poverty in this way: "Poverty is hunger.... Most often, poverty is a situation people want to escape.
Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter. However, poverty is more, much more than just not having enough money. The World Bank Organization describes poverty in this way: "Poverty is hunger. ... Most often, poverty is a situation people want to escape.26 2) The Planning Commission fixed an upper limit of 326,000 for rural BPL families on the basis of simple survey. Accordingly, families having less than 15 marks out of maximum 52 marks have been classified as BPL and their number works out to 318,000.
Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter. However, poverty is more, much more than just not having enough money. The World Bank Organization describes poverty in this way: "Poverty is hunger. ... Most often, poverty is a situation people want to escape.26 2) The Planning Commission fixed an upper limit of 326,000 for rural BPL families on the basis of simple survey. Accordingly, families having less than 15 marks out of maximum 52 marks have been classified as BPL and their number works out to 318,000.26 3) A person is considered poor if the income or consumption level of a person falls below a given minimum level necessary to fulfil basic needs. Basic needs are different at different countries and different time. That is why, poverty line may vary with time and place..