Wednesday 19 October 2016
Solutions
- Farmers must get all facilities for irrigation.
- They should be trained and educated.
- Agriculture must be made profitable.
- The ever-rising population should be checked.
- Family planning schemes should be introduced.
- More and more industries should be set up to meet the needs of our country.
- Corruption must end. Our offices should work efficiently.
Effects of poverty
1.
Illiteracy: Poor people constitutes greater share of
illiterate population. Education becomes extremely difficult when people are
deprived of basic necessities of life.
2.
Child
Labor: In India, a large
number of young boys and girls are engaged in child labour. Also read, article
on Poverty and Child labour in India.
3.
Nutrition
and diet: Poverty is the leading
cause of insufficient diet and inadequate nutrition. The resources of poor people
are very limited, and its effect can be seen in their diet.
4.
Poor
living condition and Housing problems: The don’t get proper living conditions. They
have to fight the hardship of poverty to secure food, clothes and shelter. A
large number of poor families live in houses with one room only.
5.
Unemployment: Poor people move from villages to towns and
form one town to another in search of employment/work. Since, they are mostly
illiterate and un-skilled, there are very few employment opportunities open for
them. Due to unemployment, many poor people are forced to live an unfulfilled
life.
6.
Hygiene and
sanitation: These people have
little knowledge about hygiene and proper sanitation system. They are
not aware of the harmful consequences of not maintaining proper hygiene. The
government is taking initiatives to make available clean and safe water, and
proper sanitation system to them.
7.
Feminization
of poverty: Women are the worst
victims of poverty. Poverty effects greater number of women then men. The
total of poor women outnumbers the total population of poor men. The causes
include low income, gender-inequality, etc. They are deprived of proper-diet,
medicines and health treatment.
8.
Social
tensions: Poverty is often
characterized with income disparity and unequal distribution of national wealth
between the rich and the poor. Concentration of wealth in the hands of few
rich people lead to social disturbances and revolts. Fair or even distribution
of wealth leads an overall improvement in general standard of living of people.
WHAT IS POVERTY?
Fundamentally, poverty is the inability of having choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society. It means not having enough to feed and clothe a family, not having a school or clinic to go to, not having the land on which to grow one’s food or a job to earn one’s living, not having access to credit. It means insecurity, powerlessness and exclusion of individuals, households and communities. It means susceptibility to violence, and it often implies living in marginal or fragile environments, without access to clean water or sanitation.
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