Poverty As A Challenge
Important Terms You Should Know
Poverty:
It is a situation in which one is unable to get even the minimum basic necessities of life such as food , clothing , shelter for his/he'r sustenance.
Who are poor?
In our daily life we come across many poor people such as landless labourers in villages, people living in jhuggis, daily wage workers at construction sites, child labourers in dhabas, rickshaw-pullers, domestic servants, cobblers, beggars, etc.
Dimensions of Poverty:
Poverty means hunger and lack of shelter, parents are unable to send their children to school, lack of clean surroundings lack of regular job and therefore, leads to helplessness.
Social indicators of poverty:
Illiteracy , lack of general resistance due to malnutrition, inability to work, lack of access to health care and lack of jobs.
