SPEECH-POVERTY IN INDIA
GOOD MORNING ON AND ALL PRESENT HERE MY NAME IS
ADITHYA STANDING PRESENT A SPEECH ON POVERTY IN
INDIA.
Poverty is defined as the lack of sufficient money to meet
basic needs such as food and shelter. Poverty is a situation
in which a person is homeless and has very little money. Due
to the growing population in urban areas, India’s poverty
rate is rising. The most important fact is that huge numbers
of people live in poverty, with the majority living on the
edge of it. Poverty in India is mostly observed in rural
regions due to a large number of uneducated and
unemployed people within the growing population.
Many people cannot afford proper food for their daily lives,
and because they do not have their own homes, they sleep
on streets or footpaths. As a result, more people require
more food, money, and shelter, but poverty grows rapidly
due to a lack of these resources. This is why the rich
become richer and the poor become poorer, making it
difficult to bridge the gap. Poverty has several
consequences, including poor housing, illiteracy, increased
child labour and unemployment, and poor hygiene. As a
result, these poor individuals cannot afford a balanced diet,
decent clothes, or a good education for the simple reason
that they do not have enough money
Since the beginning of time, poverty has been an
unavoidable problem. Under British colonial authority,
poverty in India worsened from the late 19th century
through the early 20th century, peaking in the 1920s.
During this time, the colonial government de-industrialized
India by restricting the production of finished garments
and other goods by Indian craftsmen.
From then till recent times, the situation has been quite the
same or has even worsened in many places. In 2013, the
Indian government reported that 21.9% of the country’s
population lived below the official poverty line. In other
words, India, which accounted for 17.5% of the world
population, had 20.6% of the world’s poorest people in 2013.
Rural areas are home to a huge number of poor people.
Poverty is more severe among members of scheduled castes
and tribes in the country’s rural areas.
India’s population has been rapidly increasing. In 1991,
India’s population was around 84.3 crores, with a high rate
of poverty; now, our country’s population is around 130
crores, with the population nearly doubling in the last three
decades, but not enough has been done to control poverty in
our country. As the population grows, so does unemployment,
and poverty is just a reflection of unemployment. More
capital is necessary for developing industry, providing
adequate transportation, and other projects, as a result of
which the country’s deficiency is underdeveloped and more
people live in poverty. Lack of skilled labor also contributes
to poverty since less-skilled workers lack industrial training
and education and miss out on opportunities that more
skilled workers can avail. Lack of infrastructure means that
transportation and communication have not been properly
developed, resulting in farmers receiving fertilisers for
cultivation late and industries receiving power and raw
materials not on time and thus, end products not being
properly marketed and reaching customers on time. Hence,
to escape poverty, our government must be more serious,
and citizens must share equal responsibility.
Remarkably, as a result of rural-to-urban migration, the
incidence of rural poverty has fallen steadily. First and
foremost, population growth should be strictly controlled to
tackle the serious problem of poverty. Other approaches to
fight this problem include expanding work possibilities,
educating people, eliminating black money, decentralized
planning, and assisting women and youth in becoming self-
sufficient. Empowering the weaker and most backward
sections of society is also expected to help reduce poverty.
We are not failing to achieve our goals owing to a lack of
resources or technical support, but rather due to a lack of
execution of our plans and programs.
THANK U HAVE A PRODUCTIVE DAY!
M.ADITHYA IPL-2
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