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Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little income

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But many social scientists view poverty from many other parameters; like illiteracy, lack of general resistance due to malnutrition, lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation, etc.

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The economic and social problems in rural area due to poverty are

landlessness
unemployment
size of families
illiteracy
poor health / malnutrition
child labor

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The social and economic difficulties faces in industrialized or developed cities. Common Causes of Urban Poverty are
• Unemployment
• Increase of population
• Lack of Shelter
• Sanitation
• Education

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social scientists see poverty through indicators such as
• Levels of illiteracy level
• Access to healthcare
• Sanitation
• Access to safe drinking
water

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Vulnerability To Poverty Vulnerability is a measure, which describes the greater probability of certain communities of becoming, or remaining, poor in the coming years. The proportion of people below poverty line is not same for all social groups and economic categories in India. Social groups which are most vulnerable to poverty
Scheduled caste and scheduled tribes. Rural agricultural labour households. Urban casual labour households.

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GLOBAL POVERTY SCENARIO The proportion of people in developing countries living in extreme economic poverty defined by the World Bank as living on less than $1 per day has fallen from 28% in 1990 to 21% in 2001, but near about 3 billion peoples live less than $1.25/day.

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->Increasing economic growth ->More resources ->Better human resources ->more job opportunities ->Better salaries ->Launching antipoverty programs -> Prime minister Rozgar Yojana ->Rural employment guarantee programme -> Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana These are for raising selfemployment opportunities. ->Antyodaya anna yojana -35kg, of wheat or rice per family per month (below poverty line)