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# Poverty 
Poverty is a situation where one is deprived of food, shelter and clothing in short basic needs . India is one of the most poorest country in the world. Many Indians not get two meals a day. poor people are depressed and can't get proper nutrition. Children don't get proper schooling. However the situation has improved over the course of 66 years after independence, But still there is a lot to improve. The urban population of India is increasing with a fast pace.
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## Poverty in india
* income of more than 0.8 billion people estimated to fall below poverty line.
* Also there are 0.45 billion people having income on the borderline of poverty line.
* Banks don't provide them load due to unstable income.
* 5 states including Uttar Pardesh , Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pardesh contain around 40% of all urban poor.
* Metro cities- Delhi (capital), Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai contain 35% of all slum population.
* large people live in slums are illiterate.
* the initiative taken by government against poverty don't come up with desired result.

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## Stats
Scheduled Caste ( of all rural household) | 18.46%
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Scheduled Tribe  ( of all rural household) | 10.97%
manual labour ( among households) | 51%
Deprived ( among Rural households) | 48.5%
families owning refrigerator ( rural ) | 11.04%
 families owning vehicles ( rural ) | 26.69%
income tax payers ( rural) | 4.58%

##### About 54% rural live in one or two room set homes. Out of them About 13% live in one room house.
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## Causes
#### Poor agriculture-
* India is a agricultural country about 80% of people depend on agriculture. 
* But agriculture is in bad way, Farmers are uneducated and poor. 
* There is a lack of modern farming methods.
* There is a shortage of good farming facilities
* Seeds and fertilisers are not available on time
* Agriculture is not profitable today

#### Growing Population-
* India's population is growing day by day. But resources are limited. Each day the population increases by 0.01 billion. As population grows there is a need for food, shelter, Hospitals. There is no money to spend on development projects. The overgrowing rate of population of India must be checked.
#### Gap between rich and poor-
* The widening gap between rich and poor is one of the main reasons behind India's poverty. Rich are becoming richer, poor are becoming poorer. the economic gap between two must be reduced. India's social system must be changed.
#### Corruption and black money-
* There are corruptions in every walk of life. There is inefficiency in offices. people have become selfish. they  don't care about national interests. Black money causes the problem of inflation. Some people enjoy all the privileges. But many others are suffering. It has drastic effect on India's economy.
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