ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN RURAL SOCIETY, POVERTY BY STUDENTS OF S.Y.B.A Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

NAME OF THE STUDENTS SHAIKH FARHEEN-91 LAXMI YADAV-94 ANSARI TASNEEM FATMA JIBRIEL-97 SINGH SHWETA-114 Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

INDEX INTRODUCTION WHO ARE POOR WHAT CAUSES POVERTY THE POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC PROBLEM OF RURAL SOCIETY CAUSES OF RURAL SOCIETY EFFECTS OF RURAL SOCIETY SOLUTIONS Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

INTRODUCTION Poverty has many faces, which have been changing from place to place and across time and has been described in many ways. Most often, poverty is a situation that people want to escape. So poverty is a call to action- for the poor and the wealthy alike- a call to change the world so that many more may have enough to eat, adequate shelter, access to education and health, protection from violence and a voice in what happens in their communities. Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

WHO ARE POOR Push carts vendors, street cobblers, women who string flowers, rag pickers, vendors and beggars are some examples of poor. In rural areas many of them are landless. Even if some of them possess land, it is only dry or waste land. Many do not get to have even two meals a day. Starvation and hunger are the key features of the poorest households. Poor people also face unstable employment. Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

WHAT CAUSES POVERTY THE CAUSES OF POVERTY LIE IN THE INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS THAT MARK THE LIFE OF POOR. THE POOR ARE DEPRIVED OF QUALITY EDUCATION AND UNABLE TO ACQUIRE SKILLS WHICH FETCH BETTER INCOMES. ALSO ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IS DENINED TO THE POOR. THE MAIN VICTIMS OF CASTES, RELIGIOUS AND OTHER DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES ARE POOR. THESE CAN BE CAUSED AS A RESULT OF (1) SOCIAL , ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INEQUALITY (2) SOCIAL EXCLUSION (3) UNEMPLOYMENT(4) INDEBTEDNESS (5) UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF HRALTH. Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

THE POVERTY LINE ABSOLUTEE POOR RELATIVE RICH POVERTY LINE Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

ECONOMIC PROBLEM OF RURAL SOCIETY 1] POVERTY THE REGIONAL IMBALANCE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. ONE QUARTER OF THE POPULATION LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. 2] INFRASTRUCTURE BAD ROAD SYSTEM. LACK OF ELECTRICITY. WATER. SECURITY. 3] EDUCATION SCHOOLS. SKILLED TEACHERS. NO PROPER TEXT BOOK. 4] TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER LITERACY . NO INTERNET FACILITIES. LACK OF RESOURCES. COMMUNICATION. 5] LESS AWARENESS JOB OPPORTUNITIES. ECONOMIC SITUATION. FAMILY PLANNING. Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

CAUSES OF RURAL SOCIETY 1]GEOGRAPHICAL FACTOR 2]PERSONAL FACTOR 3]BIOLOGICAL FACTOR 4]ECONOMIC FACTOR Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

1.GEOGRAPHICAL FACTOR IN CERTAIN RURAL AREA GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS CREATE CONDITIONS WHICH LEAD TO POVERTY. ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT GEOGRAOHICAL FACTOR IN INDIA IS UNPREDICTABLE MONSOONS AND WEATHER WHICH IMPACT THE CROP PRODUCTION AND YIELD. NATURAL CALAMITIES LIKE FLOODS, DROUGHT, CYCLONES, ETC. TAKE THEIR OWN DAMAGE THE CROP, LIVERSTOCK AND LAND. Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

2.PERSONAL FACTOR IT IS RIGHTLY SAID THAT ”POVERTY AND SICKNESS FOR A VICIOUS PARTERNERSHIP EACH HELPING THE OTHER TO ADD TO THE MISERIES OF MOST UNFORTUNATE OF MANKIND”. ADDICTION TO DRINKING, DRUGS AND OTHER SOCIAL EVILS HAD TO RURAL POVERTY. THESE ARE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE ENTIRE FAMILY POOR. Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

3.BIOLOGICAL FACTOR RAPID GROWTH IN POPULATION ALSO LEADS TO POVERTY IN RURAL INDIA. MUCH DEVELOPED MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN INDIA HAVE REDUCED THE OVER ALL DEATH RATE BUT YET BIRTH RATE HAS NOT BEEN CONTROLED WITH EFFECTIVENESS. BIG FAMILIES AND LIMITED RESOURCES RESULT IN POVERTY. Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

4.ECONOMIC FACTPOR RURAL INDIA DEPENDS UPON AGRICULTURE FOR EVERYTHING. BUT MOST OF THE FARMERS STILL RELY ON PRIMITIVE METHODS OF AGRICULTURE. WITH THIS THE ANNUAL PRODUCE IS OFTEN . MOREOVER AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN INDIA IS STILL UNDERDEVELOPED TO PROVIDE ENOUGH JOBS. Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

EFFECTS OF RURAL SOCIETY 1]EFFECT ON HEALTH 2]EFFECTS ON SOCIETY VIOLENCE AND CRIME RATE HOMELESSNESS STRESS CHILD LABOUR 3]EFFECT ON ECONOMY Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

1.EFFECT ON HEALTH THE MOST PROMINENT HEALTH ISSUE STEMMING FROM POVERTY IS MALNUTRITION. THE PROBLEM OF MATNUTRITION IS WIDE SPREAD IN ALL AGE GROUPS OF THE COUNTRYBUT CHILDREN ARE MOST ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS. LIMITED INCOME IN LARGER FAMILIES LEADS TO LACK OF ACCESS TO SUFFICIENT NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR THE CHILDREN. Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

2.EFFCTS ON SOCIETY POVERET EXERTS SOME GRAVELY CONCERNING EFFECTS OVER THE OVER ALL SOCIETAL HEALTH AS WELL. THESE MAY BE DISCUSSED ALONG THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: VIOLENCE AND CRIME RATE HOMELESSNESS STRESS CHILD LABOUR Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

3.EFFECTS ON ECONOMY POVERTY IS A DIRECT INDEX INDECATING SUCCESS OF THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING UNDER THE POVERTY THRESHOLD INDICATES WHETHER THE ECONOMY IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GENERATE ADEQUATE JOBS AND AMENITIES FOR ITS PEOPLE. Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC

SOLUTION THE MEASURES THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN TO FIGHT THE DEMON OF POVERTY IN INDIA ARE OUTLINE BELOW: GROWTH OF POPULATION AT THE CURRENT RATE SHOULD BE CHECKED BY EMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES AND AWARENESS PROMOTING BIRTH CONTROL. ALL EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO INCREASE THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITES IN THE COUNTRY, EITHER BY INVITING MORE FOREIGN INVESMENTS OR BY ENCOURAGING SELF EMPLOVEMENT SCHEMES. Smt Maniben M.P.Shah Women's College of Arts and Commerce/FC