Poverty 1
By poverty we mean a situation in which man cannot meet the basic needs of life. Most of the people of our country are very poor. They live below poverty line. They can hardly keep body and soul together. However this poverty can be alleviated to some extent. Our lands should be cultivated scientifically. Scientific method and modern farming should be created. Animal should be introduced and all these things will go a long way to alleviate poverty.
Poverty 2
A barrier to social development Poverty means the state in which man cannot meet up the fundamental needs of life. There are many causes of poverty. Illiteracy is the main cause of remaining poor. Superstition, early-marriage, overpopulation, scarcity of work, unemployment, unconsciousness etc. are also responsible for poverty. Poverty crates a lot of problems. It is also the root cause of many misdeeds. Poverty-affected people cannot lead a decent life. They go without better clothes, shelter, medical care and education. At times some of them are compelled to beg from door to door and from man to man. Begging is not a job and it is very disgraceful in the society. But some poor people instead of begging go on stealing, robbing, snatching and hijacking. They are treated as miscreants and terrorists. All these are the outcome of poverty. So, poverty alleviation is a must for establishing peace in a state. In our country most of the people are poor. They live below poverty line. They earn a little to keep body and soul together. Again many of them are involved in some unethical and heinous activities. These should not be allowed to continue. If we want to stop all unethical activities and corruption, at first we have to eradicate poverty from our society. But how can we wipe out poverty? The first step that we can take up is the diversification of the economy. As ours is an agro-based economy, it is imperative to diversify our agricultural output. Besides, we have to go for non-agricultural diversification. In order to do so, we can move into labour-intensive industries, as labour is very cheap in our country. Population control is a must and various positive incentives may be offered for small planned families. Illiteracy ought to be eradicated. After all micro-credit should be provided among the poor on easy terms so that they can change their lots. These few steps will surely help in reducing poverty that has plagued us for decades. According to Dr. Yunus, a Nobel laureate for peace rightly said, ―If micro-credit were offered to all the poor people, poverty of all kinds would be sent to the museum.