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
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urbanisation/ transitioning economy
by 2019 99.45% of the country had basic sanitation access