Poverty As A Challenge

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Poverty As A Challenge

Done by Advaith Anoop

VULNERABILTY

Vulnerability

What do you think does 'Vulnerable to Poverty' mean?

More Vulnerable to poverty

Less Vulnerable to poverty

Person from a low caste

Person from a High caste

Vulnerability to poverty is a measure, which describes the greater probability of certain communities or individuals of becoming poor in the coming years. 

The proportion of people below poverty line is also not same for all social groups and economic categories in India. Social groups, which are most vulnerable to

poverty are Scheduled Caste and

Scheduled Tribe households.

Among the economic groups, the most vulnerable groups are the rural agricultural labour households and the urban casual labour households.

Some recent studies have shown that except for the scheduled tribe households, all the other three groups (i.e. scheduled castes, rural agricultural labourers and the urban casual labour households) have seen a decline in poverty in the 1990s.

Some recent studies have shown that except for the scheduled tribe households, all the other three groups (i.e.
scheduled castes, rural agricultural labourers and the urban casual labour
households) have seen a decline in poverty in the 1990s. Apart from these social groups, there is also inequality of incomes within a family. 

Do you think the proportion of poor people same throughout the country?

YES

NO

Inter-State Disparities

Poverty in India also has another aspect or dimension. The proportion of poor people is not the same in every state. Although state level poverty has witnessed a secular decline from the levels of early seventies, the success rate of reducing poverty varies from state to state.

Global Poverty Scenario

The proportion of people in different countries living in extreme economic poverty has fallen from 36 per cent in 1990 to 10 per cent in 2015. Although there has been a substantial reduction in global poverty, it is marked with great regional differences. With decline in the percentage of the poor, the number of

poor has also declined significantly from 510.4 million in 2005 to 274.5 million in 2013.

Poverty has resurfaced in some of the former socialist countries like Russia, where officially it was non-existent earlier. The new sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN) proposes ending poverty of all types by 2030