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Economic Problems and Challenges: Poverty and Unemployment

Gujarat Board · Class 10 · Social Science

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Understanding Poverty

  • Poverty refers to the condition where people cannot satisfy their basic needs like food, clothing, shelter, education, and healthcare
  • People Below Poverty Line (BPL) are those who cannot afford two meals a day, lack proper housing, have low income, shorter life expectancy, and are often illiterate
  • Planning Commission of India (2011-12) set poverty line at ₹816 per capita expenditure for rural areas and ₹1000 for urban areas
2

Causes of Poverty

  • Insufficient agricultural development and lack of irrigation facilities leading to decreased income
  • Lack of alternative employment opportunities beyond farming
  • Absence of education, skills, and training in rural areas
3

Poverty Alleviation Programs

  • Five categories: (1) Wage-based employment (2) Self-employment (3) Food security (4) Social safety (5) Urban poverty elimination
  • Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana: Improving irrigation, drip irrigation, check dams construction
  • Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: Crop insurance for farmers against natural calamities
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Understanding Unemployment

  • Unemployment: Adults aged 15-60 years, ready to work at market wage rates, having energy and qualification but unable to find work
  • Types: (1) Seasonal (2) Frictional (3) Structural (4) Disguised (5) Industrial (6) Educated
  • 2011 Census: 116 million people seeking employment (32 million uneducated, 84 million educated)

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People who cannot afford basic necessitiesA condition where people cannot affordA situation where certain groups haveA situation where people aged 15Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee

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