Mention social and economic groups who are more vulnerable to poverty in India? Explain two reasons of poverty in such communities?
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Answer:
(i) Social groups which are most vulnerable to poverty are scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households.
(ii) Similarly among economic groups, the most vulnerable groups are rural agricultural labour households and the urban casual labour households.
Two reasons of poverty:
(i) In India, people from scheduled caste & scheduled tribes get in the vicious circle of poverty. In this system, people from such communities are excluded from equal opportunities and facilities that others enjoy.
(ii) Illiteracy is also one of the main causes for not getting better employment opportunities and they do migrate to cities in search of jobs and end up as Rickshaw Pullers or casual labourers.
Answer:
(i) Social groups which are most vulnerable to poverty are scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households.
(ii) Among the economic groups, the most vulnerable groups are the rural agricultural labour households and the urban casual labour households.