The challenges Ahead - Concepts - Chapter 3 Class 9 Economics - Poverty as a Challenge - Economics

The Challenges Ahead

• Poverty has certainly declined in India.
  
  
• Poverty reduction remains India’s most compelling challenge.
  
  
• Certain social and economic groups are more vulnerable to poverty.
  
  
• The official definition of poverty, however, captures only a limited part of what poverty really means to people.
  
  
• It is about a “minimum” subsistence level of living rather than a “reasonable” level of living.