Poverty As A Challenge

Question 1

What is poverty?

Answer 1

Poverty about not having enough money to meet the basic requirements of life such as food,shelter,clothing, health,and education

Question 2

Poverty line as defined by World Bank

Answer 2

Poverty line in terms of minimal availability of the equivalent of dollar 1.9 per day per person

Question 3

Urban poor

Answer 3

An urban poor is a person whose income is less than 1000 rupees per month less than 2100 cal per day per person

Question 4

Rural poor

Answer 4

And rural poor is a person whose income is less than rupees 816 per month and less than 2400 calories for day per person

Question 5

World Bank defines ____

Answer 5

Poverty line

Question 6

Major reasons of poverty in India is because of what?

Answer 6

1.Colonial rule
2.Rapid growth of population
3.Unequal distribution of wealth
4.Socio-Cultural factors

Question 7

The act that provides 100 days of employment is _____

Answer 7

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (2005)

Question 8

Name two anti-poverty acts that aims at creating self-employment opportunities.

Answer 8

Prime minister Rozgar Yozana,(1993) and Rural Employment Generation Programme