POVERTY

Two-thirds of people in India live in poverty.This makes the Indian subcontinent one of the poorest countries in the world. Women and children are the weakest members of Indian society and they suffer most.India is the second most in population country after China with about 1.2 billion people and is the seventh largest country in the world. More than 800 million people in India are considered poor. Most of them live in the countryside.The lack of employment which provides a livable wage in rural areas is driving many Indians into rapidly growing metropolitan areas such as Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore or Calcutta. They don’t have any food to eat, water to drink and even no electricity. The poor hygiene conditions are the cause of diseases such as cholera, typhus and dysentery, in which especially children suffer and die.

Poverty in India impacts children, families and individuals in a variety of different ways through:High infant mortality,Malnutrition,Child labour,Lack of education,Child marriage.India is one of the world’s top countries when it comes to malnutrition: More than 200 million people don’t have sufficient access to food, including 61 million children. 7.8 million infants were found to have a birth weight of less than 2.5 kilograms.Although child labour for children under the age of 14 in India is prohibited by law, according to official figures, 12.5 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are working. Aid agencies assume that in reality, there are many more estimating that 65 million children between 6 and 14 years do not go to school. Instead, in order to secure survival, it is believed that Indian children contribute to the livelihood of their families; they work in the field, in factories, in quarries, in private households and in prostitution. Many children are not educated and they go to work because of their poverty. Many children beg in road side and they get something to eat from the money. Now in this situation, due to corona many middle class family lost their job and many poor people are not able to find food for their hunger. People should treat them well and help them with what they can give. They can provide them with food and water in this pandemic situation. All should come forward to help them. If we can’t help them they will suffer badly. Our government has also taken measures for providing them food so we can also donate some money to them or we can also buy some food and give to poor people near your house. They will be so happy. We should come forward and take steps and make them happy. When we do this our country’s poverty will reduce and we should stop child labour and those who can help them with their studies should come forward. We can’t expect everything should be done by the government if we can we should do it. When we do some good things many will see us and they will also do. We should keep poverty away but not a poor!