Poverty

Question 1: What is Poverty?

Answer:  

Poverty denotes to the lack of wealth in a way that people in general do not have the accessibility to a life where they can fulfill their basic needs. It is the state of being poor. Some also says that ‘Poverty is hunger’. 

Question 2:  Entail the list of basic needs whose affordability decides who is poor & who is not.

Answer: 

Following is the list of the basic needs:

  1. Food
  2. Water
  3. Shelter
  4. Clothing
  5. Safe Sanitation facilities
  6. Medical care
  7. Good Education

Question 3: How does an increase in population growth causes lead to poverty?

Answer:

Overpopulation depletes the resources to be shared, make people go through landlessness, outpacing the ability of economy, less of employment opportunities, creating irregular jobs with inconsistent earning source which ultimately becomes the major cause for poverty. It also leads to a reduction in per capita income of individuals nationwide leading to people facing more income disparities. 



Explain How Poverty is Caused by Rise in Population?

Poverty in India is a very common social problem. Poverty basically means when people do not have a sufficient amount of money to even fulfill even their basic needs. The very basic need of a human is food, water, shelter, and clothing but not everyone is capable of even arranging these for themselves and their immediate families. People with no livelihood generally face the problem of poverty. 

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