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The poverty line remains the best tool that is used in order to estimate levels of poverty existing in a given society. It is described as the lowest standard that a person requires to earn so as to be able to earn enough to feed himself, clothe himself and get a roof over his head. The concept of tRead more
The poverty line remains the best tool that is used in order to estimate levels of poverty existing in a given society. It is described as the lowest standard that a person requires to earn so as to be able to earn enough to feed himself, clothe himself and get a roof over his head. The concept of the poverty line is complex and faces many challenges:
Importance:
Policy Formulation: These data help governments formulate and implement poverty eradication policies as well as map poverty line.
Resource Allocation: It assists in proper utilization of resources available to fight poverty related problems.
Monitoring Change: Explanation of How Poverty Level Changes Over Time Can Help Us Understand Something about the Effectiveness of Government Policies
Issues:
Subjectivity: The passing of the poverty line involves several generalized and subjective decision making about what constitutes basic.
Regional variation: The conditions of and needs for relief vary from one region to another in one country and hence are very much W/B between areas.
Changing Nature of Poverty: Its approach is subjected to change such as inflationary.change, change in the rates of growth, and change in social order.
-Data Quality: Cross sectional survey data is most useful in assessing the income and consumption expenditure of households, but invariably some issues of data quality arise.
-Multidimensional Poverty: However, the means poverty, also known as income poverty, is well provided notwithstanding other dimensions are education, health, social exclusion, etc.
To do this it could entail the coming up of multi dimensional poverty index that could include things like income, health, education and basic service. It is also necessary to have time to time revision and modification of the poverty line so that it may be in harmony with the economical and social change.
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India the seventh largest country in the world according to area but now first largest according to population. Not everyone in India gets food to eat , so nutritious is something very far away from the reach. Barriers which come between nutritious food and impoverished community and leads to decreaRead more
India the seventh largest country in the world according to area but now first largest according to population. Not everyone in India gets food to eat , so nutritious is something very far away from the reach.
Barriers which come between nutritious food and impoverished community and leads to decreasing their access to nutritious food:
Poverty : Not everyone in India is that much rich that they can afford healthy and nutritious food for themselves and the family.
Lack of personal and public hygiene: People practising poor hygiene are also lowering the nutritional value of food.
Consequences of disturbing the mother Earth: Nowadays all this experiments , pollution and degradation going on mother Earth results in natural disasters which lowers the availability of food thus resulting in high prices of food which cannot be afford by everyone.
Discrimination against females: In many households especially in impoverished households in India it is considered that the man should eat more healthy food as he has to work much harder than a women resulting in low nutritious food available for women. As due to low family income nutritious food cannot be afford for everyone or whatever is available it is given away to man.
Ways that can help to overcome these barriers:
1.Education : Education is something that can help each and every community to understand the importance of eating nutritious food.
2.Addressing Poverty: Addressing poverty is very important to reduce the problem of lack of nutritious food as having a good financial balance can provide everyone the access to buy and eat nutritious and healthy food.
3.Population :The major problem, as facilities are inversely proportional to number of individuals. More the number of people in family less will be the access of each and every family member to nutritious diet.
In conclusion we can say that poverty and population are the major issues that need to be discuss if we really want a healthy and disease free country.
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