Question

Questions: 1. Distinguish between minimum subsistence living and reasonable level of living. 2. What are the social indicators to look poverty? 3. What do you mean by social exclusion? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer: QUESTION-1 Answer:

The minimum subsistence level of living is when a person's bare necessities of food, shelter, and clothing are taken care of. A reasonable level of living is when these and more are taken care of and he can indulge in making certain selective lifestyle choices.

QUESTION-2 Answer:

Poverty is looked through social indicators like: Illiteracy level. Lack of general resistance due to malnutrition. Lack of access to health care.

QUESTION-3 Answer:

Social exclusion is a form of discrimination. It occurs when people are wholly or partially excluded from participating in the economic, social and political life of their community, based on their belonging to a certain social class, category or group