Question

who are the more vulnerable to poverty in India and why

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

The cultural groups most vulnerable to poverty have been recognized to be the scheduled caste families and the scheduled tribe families with both these groups having above medium levels of poverty signs in the rural and the urban community. Among the commercial groups, the most vulnerable groups are the farming labor families (rural) and the informal labor families (urban) each having the raised levels of the deficit indicators in their respective community segments. In terms of variations in poverty in the 1990s, it is determined that while the registered caste and the agricultural laborers (rural) and the casual labor (urban) households encountered deteriorations in poverty on par with the total population, the scheduled tribe households proved badly in both the sections.