poverty in india

what is poverty??

why do people live i poverty in india?

how may this have changed over time?

How do we tackle poverty?

poverty is the state the state of being extremly poor.

give more job opportunities and help those living in poor living conditions

a short rate of economic development

the more people that live India the poorer it gets

32.7% of india fall below the poverty line, with 68.7% living on less than $2 a day

not having access to food or housing.

not having a good access to education or health care

271 million people were lifted out of poverty

lack of basic human needs like safe drinking water and sanitation

A lot of India is rural and the job opportunities are less high paying and they have to live off farm production

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many people are subsistence farmers meaning they grow enough crops for there families to survive and not enough to sell to others

labourers in rural areas struggle to find work

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over the last 30 years there has been a real reduction of poverty in india

its went from 640,55 million in poverty to to 369,55 million in 30 years

put in place laws that effect poverty

focus on living standards

increase minimum wages

urbanisation/ transitioning economy

by 2019 99.45% of the country had basic sanitation access