presentation on problem of poverty in india

2. ABOUT INDIA
Capital New Delhi
Largest city Mumbai
Official language(s) English, Hindi
President Ram Nath Kovind
Independence From UK
(August 15, 1947)
Population 1.3 billion (2017)
Below poverty 22% (2016-17)
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3. POVERTY
• Poverty is that condition of having little or No
money, goods, or condition of being poor.
The biggest enemy of health in developing
countries is POVERTY

5. WHAT IS POVERTY?
Poverty is hunger
Poverty is lack of shelter
Poverty is being sick and not
being able to see a doctor.
Poverty is not having access to
school and not knowing how to study
Poverty is powerlessness, lack of
representation and freedom.
Poverty is loosing a child to illness

6. What Poverty Looks Like?

7. FACTS
One in five indian is poor
Over 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day.
Approx. 8 million people dies every year due to
poverty.
22,000 children die every day.
60% are women.
Lack of proper maternal care results in 3 lakh
maternal death.
Malnutrition causes 2.6 million death per year.
Every 5 seconds a child dies due to hunger.

8. CAUSES OF POVERTY
 Overpopulation
 Lack of Education
 Lack of Money
 Hunger and Malnutrition
 Unemployment
 Drugs and Alchohol
 Corruption
 Inflation
 Income inequality
 Upcoming technology

10. EFFECTS OF POVERTY
High Mortality rates
Increased health risk
HIV/AIDS and Malaria
Effects economy
Increase slums
Hygiene and sanitation
Unemployment

11. RICH ARE BECOMING RICHER

12. SLUMS IN INDIA
• Dharvi slum mumbai : Approx 6-9 lakh
people lives in Dharvi

13. • Bhalaswa slum Delhi : contains 20% of delhi
population

14. Poverty in states of India

15. POVERTY IN RURAL AREA
• SCST: Of all the rural households, around 18.46%
belongs to scheduled castes, and around 10.97 belongs
to scheduled Tribes.
• Income Tax: Only 4.58% of rural households pay
income tax.
• Land ownership: Around 56% of village households
doesn’t own a land.
• Size of rural houses: The houses of around 54% rural
families consists of either one or two-rooms. Out of
them, around 13% lives in a one-room house.
• Latrines : 70% of indian villagers don’t have decent
toilets.

17. POVERTY IN URBAN AREA
• There are around 4.5 crore urban people
whose income level is on borderline of
poverty level.
• 35% of the total population of the four metro
Cities (Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai)
consists of slum population.
• A large portion of people living in slums are
illiterate.

18. POVERTY IS HIGH AMONG
SCHEDULED TRIBES

19. SOLUTION
• Farmers must get all facilities for irrigation.
• They should be trained and educated.
• Agriculture must be made profitable.
• The ever-rising population should be checked.
• Family planning schemes should be introduced.
• More and more industries should be set up to
meet the needs of our country.
• Corruption must end. Our offices should work
efficiently.

20. STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO
ALLEVIATE POVERTY
• Gramin Banks
• Technical School, development of skill like
Welding, Carpentry, Black Smithy, etc
• Primary schools
• Free education to girl child
• 6 month free technical courses in universities
• Poverty Eradication Schemes (Garibi Hatao)

21. How we can remove Poverty
• Provide education
• Don’t waste food
• Employ poor
• Donate more
• Give small loans