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Poverty As A Challenge
Table: Estimates of Poverty in India.
|
Poverty ratio (%) |
Number of poor (in millions) |
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|
Year |
Rural |
Urban |
Combined |
Rural |
Urban |
Combined |
|
1973-74 |
56.4 |
49.0 |
54.9 |
261 |
60 |
321 |
|
1993-94 |
37.3 |
32.4 |
36.0 |
244 |
76 |
320 |
|
1999-00 |
27.1 |
23.6 |
26.1 |
193 |
67 |
260 |
Source : Economic Survey 2002-03. Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Study the Table and answer the following questions:
(i) Even if poverty ratio declined between 1973-74 and 1993-94, why did the number of poor remain at about 320 million?
(ii) Are the dynamics of poverty reduction the same in rural and urban India?
(i) Even if poverty ratio declined between 1973-74 and 1993-94, the number of poor remained at about 320 million because of rapid increase in population.
(ii) No, the dynamics of poverty reduction are not the same in rural and urban India.
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Describe the poverty trends in India since 1973.
Discuss the major reasons for poverty in India.
Identify the social and economic groups which are most vulnerable to poverty in India.
Give an account of the interstate disparities in poverty in India.
Describe global poverty trends.
Describe current government strategy of poverty alleviation.
What do you understand by human poverty?
Who are the poorest of the poor?
What are the main features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005?
Every __________ person is poor in India.
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