Tuesday 11 June 2013

poverty in india

  • 1. Poverty in India"The biggest enemy of health in the developing world is poverty."
  • 2. What is Poverty?Poverty is hunger.Poverty is lack of shelter.Poverty is being sick and not being ableto see a doctor.Poverty is not having access to schooland not knowing how to read.Poverty is not having a job, is fear for thefuture, living one day at a time.Poverty is losing a child to illness broughtabout by unclean water.Poverty is powerlessness, lack ofrepresentation and freedom.
  • 3. RELATIVE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTYUnder Relative poverty the Absolute poverty refers to theeconomic conditions of different measure of poverty , keeping inregions or countries is compared. view the per capita intake ofThe capita income and the calories and minimum level ofnational income are the two consumption .indicators of relative poverty. Per capita income :According to the UNO thosecountries are treated poor whose National incomeper capita income is less than PopulationUS $725 per annum.
  • 4. EXPENDIURE METHOD INCOME METHOD
  • 5. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SSRY)Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY)National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA)
  • 6. POVERTY IN THE WORLD
  • 7. One fifth of the world’s people liveon less than $ 1 a day, and 44% ofthem are in South Asia26 percent of India is below thepoverty lineThis is happening in mainly in ruralareas of India
  • 8. One half of India’s poor is located the three states ofUttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya PradeshMaharashtra, West Bengal and Orissa account for22.5% of poverty
  • 9. Lack of food and health care due to lowincome/assets is associated with the higherprobability of a new born child dying between birthand the age of oneThe High Female illiteracy rate has a major impact onIMRIf more women were literate theIMR would be much higher
  • 10. Even though India’s economy is growing there wealthdistribution is uneven1/4 of the nations population earns less than thegovernment-specified $0.40/dayUnemployment and underemploymentOver-reliance on agricultureHigh population growth rate
  • 11. The Caste System(Hindu Religion) prevents people fromeducational, ownership, and employment opportunities
  • 12. Microfinance( very small loans) has helped India a lotThere are multiple organization to help feed themand keep there agriculture goingThe Planning Commission sets up a five year plan forIndia to help them achieve goal such as endingpoverty
  • 13. Positive Things Happening in India: Middle ClassCurrently India adds 40 million people to its middleclass every yearestimated 300 million Indians now belong to themiddle classone-third of them have emerged from poverty in thelast ten yearsIt is predicted that by 2025 the Majority of Indians willlive in middle class
  • 14. Facts & Figures…. As of 2005, 85.7% of the population lives on less than $2.50 (PPP) a day. the Planning Commission of India has estimated that 27.5% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2004–2005. Between 1999 and 2008, the annualized growth rates for Gujarat (8.8%), Haryana (8.7%), or Delhi (7.4%) were much higher than for Bihar (5.1%), Uttar Pradesh (4.4%), or Madhya Pradesh (3.5%).Poverty rates in rural Orissa (43%) and rural Bihar (41%) are higher than in the worlds poorest countries such as Malawi. A 2007 report by the state-run National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) found that 25% of Indians, or 236 million people, lived on less than 20 rupees per day
  • 15. Statistical Study
  • 16. Causes…•The Indian economy was purposely andseverely deindustrialized through colonialprivatizations, regulations, tariffs onmanufactured or refined Indian goods, taxes,and direct seizures.•Not only was Indian industry losing out, butconsumers were forced to rely on expensiveBritish manufactured goods, especially asbarter, local crafts and subsistence agriculturewas discouraged by law.
  • 17. Causes contd…. General Causes…Unemployment and underemployment, arising in part from protectionistpolicies pursued till 1991 that prevented high foreign investment.About 60% of the population depends on agriculture whereas thecontribution of agriculture to the GDP is about 18%.High population growth rate, although demographers generally agree thatthis is a symptom rather than cause of poverty.The caste system, under which hundreds of millions of Indians were keptaway from educational, ownership, and employment opportunities, andsubjected to violence for "getting out of line." British rulers encouragedcaste privileges and customs, at least before the 20th century.
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  • 19. BRITISH RULERURAL ECONOMYHEAVY PRESSURE OF POPULATIONCHRONIC UNEMPLOYMENT ANDUNDEREMPLOYMENTLACK OF PROPER INDUSTRIALISATIONSOCIAL FACTORSINDIA’S ECONOMIC POLICYNEO-LIBERAL POLICIES AND THEIREFFECTS BACK
  • 20. MORE… vulnerability describes the greater probability of being more adversely affected than other people when bad time comes for everybody, whether a flood or an earthquake or simply a fall in the availability of jobs!BACK
  • 21. WHAT IS POVERTY ? BACK
  • 22. POVERTY IN INDIAN STATES STATES No. Of People BPL % of People BPL BIHAR 425.64 42.60MADHYA PRADESH 298.54 37.43 MAHARASHTRA 227.99 25.03 ORISSA 169.09 47.15 TAMIL NADU 130.48 21.12 UTTAR PRADESH 529.89 31.15 WEST BENGAL 213.49 27.02 GOA 0.70 4.40 GUJARAT 67.89 14.07 HARYANA 17.34 8.74HIMACHAL PRADESH 5.12 7.63JAMMU & KASHMIR 3.46 3.48 KERALA 41.04 12.72 PUNJAB 14.49 6.16 BACK

    the boy with a lot of hunger


    india map of poverty

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