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Poverty

1. ECONOMICS PRESENTATION
POVERTY
Made by: TUSHAR KUMAR
XII D

2. What is Poverty?
Povertyis the inability of a
person to fulfill the
minimum Basic
requirements of life which
includes Food, clothing,
housing, and heath

3. Poverty has been divided into two parts :
Poor in urban area –push cart vendors, rag pickers, street cobblers, beggars, etc.
Poor in rural areas –landless agricultural labourers, cultivators, etc.

4. Characteristics of Poor
Poor Health
Hunger, Starvation & Malnutrition
Lack of Electricity and water facilities
Gender inequality
Bigger families
Debt-Trap
Limited Economic Opportunities

5. POVERTY
IS
HORRIFYING
THING
HOW?

7. Variants of Poverty
Relative Poverty
Poverty across different classes, religions
& countries.
Absolute Poverty
In India, the concept of poverty line is
used as a measure of absolute poverty.
People below the poverty line are
classified as ‘absolutely poor’.

8. Poverty Line
Poverty line refers to a cut-off point (usually
measures in terms of per capita expenditure)
which divides people of a region as poor or
non-poor.
In India, person who spent Rs. 816 on
consumption in rural areas & Rs. 1000 in urban
areas per month are treated as those below
the poverty line.
People having income below the poverty line
are called poor & people having income
above the poverty line are called non-poor.

9. Causes of Poverty
Heavy pressure of Population
High illiteracy rate
High level of unemployment
Inflation
Inequalities of income
Poor state of agriculture

10. Poverty alleviation programmes
Rural Employment Generation
Programme (REGP)
Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana
(SJSRY)
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA)
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)

11. Critical evaluation of Poverty Alleviation
Programmes
Lack of Resources
Unequal Distribution of assets
Improper Implementation
Lack of Infrastructure
Lack of Active Participation of poor people

12. THANK
YOU

13. MADE BY:
Name : TUSHAR KUMAR
Class : XII D
School : Flora Dale School, Dilshad
Garden, Delhi