Poverty as a Challenge Class 9 Case Study Social Science Economics Chapter 3

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A4: Important keywords for CBSE Class 9 Poverty as a Challenge are given below:
Poverty: It is a situation under which a man is unable to afford minimum necessities of life, health and efficiency.
Poverty Line: It is an estimated income that is required to purchase the minimum subsistence needs of a person.
Mass Poverty: It is a situation in which large section of people in an economy is deprived of basic necessities.
Human Poverty: It refers to shortfall or lack of income. It is the denial of economic, political, social and physical opportunities to lead long, healthy and creative life.
Poverty Ratio: Extent of poverty in a country is measured by the number of people who live below the poverty line and their ratio to the total population.
Relative Poverty: It refers to the income or asset position of one class of people compared to the others or individual or vis-à-vis others.

A5: As per the data, there is a substantial decline in poverty ratio in India from 55% in 1973 to 36% in 1993. There was further decline from 36% in 1993 to 26% in 2000. Although the number of poor people remained stable (about 320 million) in the earlier two decades (1973 to 1993), there was a significant reduction in the number of the poor to about 260 million till 2000. It may also be noted that poverty ratio always remained higher in rural areas compared to urban areas. If the present trend continues, the people below poverty line may come down to less than 20% in the next few years

A6: Poverty is inability to afford minimum basic necessities of life such as, food, clothing and shelter.

A7: The calorie requirement is higher in rural areas since people are engaged in more physical labour than in urban areas.

A8: The poverty line is estimated on the basis of income incurred on consumption of minimum calorie intake. Since that varies from region to region and the consumption expenditure is subject to prices of food items, the poverty line also varies.

A9: Different countries use different poverty lines because the basic needs of different countries are different. For example, a person may be considered poor in America if he is not having a car, whereas in India owning of a car is still considered a luxury.

A10: Measures to reduce regional poverty: Several states of India like Odisha, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, etc., are economically very poor. To remove this regional poverty, the following measures may be suggested:
(a) More Central assistance and grants should be given to backward states.
(b) Special concessions may be given for investments in backward areas.
(c) Public sector enterprises should be set up in backward states.

A11: Poorest states in India are Bihar and Orissa (Odisha).

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