ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES: POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT. — Social Science STD 10 — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social ScienceECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES: POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT.3 Marks
Question
Explain the poverty in India.
✓
Answer
Poverty is the serious and complex economic problem before India.
India is in the grip of poverty since age and this chronic problem is difficult to resolve.
The landless and farm labourers, the small and marginal farmers, the village artisans the inhabitants of forests and mountainous regions and the tribals are the rural poor.
The temporary (casual) workers in the industries, the daily wage earners, the domestic workers, rickshaw drivers, the workers in tea stalls, hotels and the dhabas are among the urban poor.
On the basis of monthly expenditure of $? 4080$ for family in the rural areas and $?5000$ in the urban areas was declared as the poverty line by the Planning Commission $2011-12.$
Those families whose income was less were deemed as the “Below Poverty Line’ $(BPL)$ families.
The estimated $“BPL’$ population was $27$ crores. It was $21.9\%$ of the total population of India.
As per the $UNDP$ Report, $21.92\%$ population of India lived below poverty line in $2011-12.$
The proportion of poverty in the rural and urban areas was $25.7\%$ and $13.7\%$. Chhattisgarh is the poorest state in India, with $36.9\%$ BPL population.
On the other hand, Gba has the lower BPL population of $5.09\%$. In Gujarat $16.63\%$ population live below poverty line. Besides Chhattisgarh, the other states having more them $30\%$ BPL population are Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha.
India has rich natural resources which have not been fully utilized.
As a result, a large number of people live in poverty. It is said that, “The poor live in rich India”.
Need a full question paper?
Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.