NAME: AMIT CHAUHAN

CLASS: F.Y.J.C
ROLL NO.: 1155
SUBJECT: POVERTY
DIV: B
COLLEGE NAME:
R.A.D.A.V COLLEGE

POVERTY

What is Poverty

Poverty is the world at its

worst when people are
deprived of basic
everyday things that we
take for granted like food,
water shelter, money, and
clothes

Poverty is a Horrifying
thing

HOW?

Causes of poverty
oLack of education
oNatural disasters
oLack of money
oNo opportunities
provided
oOver population

Poverty is also
caused by DRUGS &
ALCOHOL as some
people spend
all their money on
addictions like this.

Major causes of extreme poverty

Hunger & Malnutrition
Limited access to quality health care
Insufficient access to sanitary water
Limited education

Effects of poverty

High Mortality Rates.

Increased health risks and
perpetuation of epidemics such as
HIV/AIDS and Malaria.
Hampers childrens ability to grow &
develop properly and contributes to a
cycle of poverty
Inhibits education and social
advancement
Increased armed conflict

FACTS

1.4 BILLION people in developing

countries live on $1.25 or less
3 out of every 4 people live on
less than $1.25 a day
22,000 children die every day
due to poverty
8MILLION people die from lack
of food and nutrition about
24,000 deaths each day

FACTS

60% of worlds hungry are women

Lack of proper maternal care results in
300,000 maternal deaths annually
1 out of 6 infants are born with a low birth
rate in developing countries
Malnutrition causes 1/3 of all child deaths
resulting in 2.6MILLION deaths per year
Every 5 second a child dies of hunger related
diseases

FACTS

98% of the worlds undernourished people live in

developing countries.
2/3 of yhe worlds hungry people live in just 7
countries: BANGLADESH, CHINA, DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ETHIOPIA, INDIA,
INDONESIA and PAKISTAN.
35MILLION people are living with HIV/AIDS out
of which 65% are women.
More than 11MILLION children die from
preventable health issues such as malaria,
Diarrhoea and pneumonia.

Poverty in INDIA

TWO WAYS OF POVERTY

RELATIVE POVERTY

ABSOLUTE POVERTY

Under Relative poverty

Absolute poverty
the economic conditions of
refers to the measure
different regions or
of poverty , keeping
countries is compared.
in view the per capita
The capita income and the
intake of calories and
national income are the
minimum level of
two indicators of relative
consumption .
poverty. According to the Per capita income :
UNO those countries are
National income
treated poor whose per
Population
capita income is less than
US $725 per annum.

MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
EXPENDIURE METHOD
Under this the minimum
food requirements for
survival is estimated.
The food value is converted
into calories.
The caloric value of food is
then converted into the
money value i.e. in rupees.
The total equivalent amount
is considered as the
poverty line.

INCOME METHOD
This method is used by
the government while
distributing food
through PDS at the
local level.
Under this a poverty
line is fixed by the
government.
All the families whose
total income is less
than the poverty line
fixed by the

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