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INTRODUCTION
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Poverty means
hunger and lack of shelter.
Poverty also means a
lack of clean water and sanitation facilities.
It also means a lack of a regular job at a minimum decent level.
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One of the most difficult challenges
faced by independent India is Poverty
. Poverty trends in India and the world are illustrated through the
concept of the poverty line.
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Every fourth person
in India is
poor.
This means, roughly 270 million (or 27 crores) people in India live in poverty from 2011-12.
- This also means India has the most significant single concentration of the poor globally. This illustrates the seriousness of the challenge.
