Article, Essay on “Poverty in India” 200 Words Article on current issues for Class 9, 10, 11, 12 Board Exam.

Poverty in India

Poverty refers to a situation when people are deprived of basic necessities of life. It is often characterized by inadequacy of food, shelter, and clothes. In other words, poverty refers to a state of privation where there is a lack of essential needs for subsistence.

India is one of the poorest countries in the world. Many Indian people do not get two meals a day. They do not have good houses to live in. Their children do not get proper schooling. Despite the country’s meteoric GDP growth rate, poverty in India is still pervasive, especially in rural areas where 70% of India’s population lives. It is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and yet its wealth is hardly redistributed across the population. Poverty is a giant barrier to overcome if we want our nation to be fully developed.

The majority of Indians don’t have proper shelter. They don’t have access to decent toilets. Poor households don’t have a nearby water source. Villages don’t have a secondary school. Over 40% of villages don’t have proper roads connecting them.

There is an urgent need to address the causes that keep the majority of Indians poor.