Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceEconomicsPOVERTY5 Marks
Question
Discuss the nature and causes of poverty.
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Answer
Natural causes:
India has been an agricultural country from beginning. Even today majority of the population lives in villages and is dependent on agriculture.
In India, agriculture is mainly dependent on natural factors like rain, weather conditions, etc. Frequent droughts, uncertainty of monsoon and floods result -in low production and less and uncertain income for people involved in agriculture. Hence, nature has become a cause for poverty.
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