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Poverty As A Challenge
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Discuss the following term with reference to textbook :

(i) Landless 

(ii) Unemployment

(iii) Size of families 

(iv) Illiteracy

(v) Poor health/Malnutrition 

(vi) Child labour

(vii) Helplessness.

Answer

The terms -
(i)Landless: Landless is that person who does not own any land.

(ii)Unemployment: Unemployment is a situation in which those people who are able and willing to work at existing wage rate can not get work. Ram Saran and Lakha Singh's families are unemployed or under employed.

(iii)Size of Families: By the size of families we mean the number of persons in a family. Generally the size of poor families like Ram Saran and Lakha Singh is very large.

(iv)Illiteracy: Who can not read, write are treated as illiterate. Poor persons are generally illiterate.

(v)Poor health/Malnutrition: Poor health mean who have no access to health care and remain ill. Malnutrition means under nourished.

(vi)Child Labour: Working of the under age child is known as child labour which is prohibited by the government. But there always exists child labour in the poor families.

(vii)Helplessness: The poor are helpless. They have even to work at lower wages than minimum wages.

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