Poverty

In 2019, the indian government stated that 6.7% of its population is below its official poverty limit.

India now ranks 94th among 107 countries in terms of hunger, and continues to be in the ‘severe’ hunger category according to the Global Hunger Index 2020. According to the study, 14% ofi india’s population is undernourished. Last year, india’s GHI rank was 102 out of 117 countries.More than 800 million people in India are considered poor.
Chhattisgarh is the poorest state with 39.93% of the population living below the poverty line.

Most of them live in the countryside and keep afloat with odd jobs. 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. There, most of them expect a life of poverty and despair in the mega-slums, made up of millions of corrugated ironworks, without sufficient drinking water supply, without garbage disposal and in many cases without 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

Poverty is linked with negative conditions such as substandard housing, homelessness, inadequate nutrition and food insecurity, inadequate child care, lack of access to health care, unsafe neighborhoods, and underresourced schools which adversely impact our nation’s children.
Conclusion:
we can avoid poverty in India with-
• Education
• skill development