Lack of Basic Necessities

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Lack of basic necessities, that is termed as ‘Poverty’. It can be further explained that the condition where which the people are not even getting the basic needs required for the survival.

Poverty also encompasses low levels of health and education, poor access to clean water and sanitation, inadequate physical security, lack of nutrition, and insufficient capacity and opportunity to better one’s life.

Major Causes for poverty are,1) High Population2) Illiteracy3) Unemployment4) low productivity in agriculture

INTRODUCTION

Lagging in Economic Development High starvation death rate Social Immorality Corruption Wide spread of disease

Some of the major effects are listed above. If this persists, it will be challenging to overcome poverty in India. Apart from these, poverty causes some other problems like women and child abuse.

EFFECTS

PovertyPoverty

IlliteracyIlliteracy

Struggling for JOB

Struggling for JOB

No JOB or Low incomeNo JOB or

Low income

Poverty Cycle

The percentage of the population living below the poverty line in India decreased to 22% in 2011-12 from 37% in 2004-05.

Top states achieved maximum decrease between 2004-05 & 2011-12

States where poverty level increased between 2004-05 & 2011-12

State Percentage Decrease

Tripura 26.5

Odisha 24.6

State Percentage Increase

Nagaland 9.9

Mizoram 5.1

Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE)

National poverty line:

People even without Toilet facility:

49.8 % defecates in open 3.2 % use public toilets

Child death because of malnutrition:

One child in every 15 seconds Mostly with 24 hours after birth, because of poor malnutrition mother

Year Rural Urban

2004-2005 446.7 578.8

2009-2010 672.8 859.6

2011-2012 816.0 1000.0

Poverty is exactly a trap, it nearly impossible to come out of it by struggling as a single warrior on the battle field.

The Key concepts to increase the standards of people are,

Employment Generation:Creating employment opportunities and classified wages will

considerably reduce poverty in level.

Educating the People:Using reservations based on their locality and income instead

of caste based reservation.

Good education will keep the next generation away from poverty. Obviously, poverty level will reduce in future.

Control Measures:

Complete use of Resources:Increase in output per hectare in agriculture will reduce the

poverty level because at present mostly farmers suffer in poverty.

Micro financing: Providing finance to start up small business and there by

increasing the life standard of people.

Self sustaining market:Any country want to stay away from poverty the country

should be almost self-sustained. It should not depend on other countries for its development.

Taxation module:Different taxing module has to be used to charge rich and

poor.It will help in eradicating the poverty in nation.

Nutrition:Supply of nutrition by the government to the needy and

providing medical support.

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THANK YOU

Waiting for prosperous Nation