Poverty Flashcards
Whom of the following does not belong to a poor and vulnerable group-
- Push cart vendors
- Women who string flowers
- An employee of Google
- Street cobblers
An employee of Google
Which of the following is not a feature of the poorest households?
- Hunger and starvation
- Lack of basic skills and literacy
- Limited economic opportunities
- Stable employment
Stable employment
On what basis do economists identify the poor?
Their occupation and
ownership of assets
Who all do the rural poor consist of?
Landless agricultural labourers,
cultivators with very small
landholdings, or landless labourers,who are engaged in a variety of non-agricultural jobs and tenant cultivators with small land holdings
Who all do the urban poor consist of?
Rural poor who had migrated to urban areas, casual labourers and the self-employed who sell a variety of things on roadside.
Who was the first In pre-independent India to
discuss the concept of a Poverty Line?
Dadabhai Naoroji
What was Dadabhai Naoroji ‘s poverty line called?
Jail cost of living
On what basis are the poor and non poor divided?
On the basis of the poverty line.
Chronic poor consists of people who are______
always poor and those who are usually poor but who
may sometimes have a little more money.
Whom does the transient poor include?
Churning poor who regularly move in and out of
poverty and the
occasionally poor who are rich most of the time but may sometimes have a patch of bad luck
How often do the non poor fall below the poverty line?
Never
What is the minimum calorie intake estimated for a rural
person and an urban
person in India?
2,400 calories for a rural
person and 2,100 calories for a person in the urban area.
How was the poverty line defined in 2011-12?
Rs 816 per
person a month in rural areas and Rs 1,000 in urban areas
State two problems with the poverty line.
1.It groups all the poor together and does not differentiate according to extent of poverty.
2 It.takes into account
expenditure on food and a few select items as proxy for income and leaves out many factors.
Development includes removing the obstacles to the things that a person can do in life, such as- 1.illiteracy 2.lack of access to resources 3. lack of civil and political freedoms. 4. all of the above
4.All of the above
The poverty index developed by Amartya Sen is called_________
Sen Index
What is ‘Head Count Ratio’?
When the number of poor is
estimated as the proportion of
people below the poverty line.
How has the proportion of poor in India changed from 1973-2012?
Reduced from 55 to
22 per cent.
Name four states where the poverty levels are still far above the national poverty level.
Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and
Uttar Pradesh
What are the general, economy-wide problems that lead to poverty?
(i) low capital formation
(ii) lack of infrastructure
(iii) lack of demand
(iv) pressure of population
(v) lack of social/welfare nets.
What are the social factors that lead to poverty?
(i) social, economic and political inequality
(ii) social exclusion
(iii) unemployment
(iv) indebtedness
(v) unequal distribution of wealth
Why did as many as 26
million people die in famines
between 1875 and 1900?
Because under the British,
India began to export food grains.
Why was redistribution of land successful only to a limited extent?
- large sections of agricultural workers were not able to farm the small holdings that they now possessed as they did
not have either money (assets) or skills to make the land productive. - the land holdings were too small to be viable.
- most of the Indian
states failed to implement land redistribution policies
Which Plan pointed out that “the benefits of economic development must accrue
more and more to the relatively less privileged classes of society”?
The Second Five Year Plan (1956-61)
What is the three
dimensional approach of the government to poverty reduction?
- growth oriented approach. that the effects of
economic growth would spread to all sections of society. - specific poverty alleviation programmes to raise incomes and employment for the
poor. - provide minimum basic
amenities to the people
What are programmes under the third approach expected to do?
Programmes under this approach are expected to supplement the consumption of the poor, create employment opportunities and bring
about improvements in health and education.
Name three
major programmes that aim at
improving the food and nutritional status of the poor .
Public Distribution System, Integrated Child Development Scheme and Midday Meal
Scheme.
When was the Pradhan Mantri
Jan-Dhan Yojana launched?
2014
List 3 objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana.
1.promoting savings habit
2. transfer of all the benefits of government schemes and subsidies to account
holders directly.
3. Each bank account
holder is also entitled to Rs. 1 lakh accident insurance and Rs. 30,000 life insurance cover.
Name 3 self-employment
programmes implemented until 2008.
Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP), Prime Minister’s
Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) and Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
(SJSRY).
