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POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE MOHIT SAINI IX-E 20

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POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE

MOHIT SAINI IX-E20

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The above cases of poverty and discuss the following issues related to poverty:• LANDLESSNESS• UNEMPLOYMENT • SIZE OF FAMILIES• ILLITERACY• CHILD LABOUR • HELPLESSNESS• POOR HEATH/ MALNUTRITION

VULNERABLE GROUPS• Social groups which are most

vulnerable to poverty are scheduled caste and scheduled tribe household.

• The economic groups the most vulnerable groups are the rural agricultural labour household and the urban casual labour household.

• 50% of causal worker in urban areas are below poverty line.

COUNTRY % of population below $1 a day

1. NIGERIA2. BANGLADESH3. INDIA4. PAKISTAN5. CHINA6. BRAZIL7. INDONESIA8. SRI LANKA

70.836.035.317.016.68.27.55.6

Global poverty scenario• Number of poor in china has come

down from 606 million in 1981 to 212 million in 2001.

• There has been a substantial reduction in global poverty ,it is marked with great regional differences.

• In the countries of south asia the decline has not been as rapid.