Ankit Shekhawat

Poverty In India People living in poverty do not have enough money for basic necessities such as food and shelter. An example of poverty is the state a person is in when he is homeless and does not have enough money. The rate of poverty in India is increasing because of the population in the urban areas. Most importantly, crores of peoples are below the poverty line and most of the people are on the borderline of poverty. Poverty in India is seen mainly in the rural areas because of the uneducated and unemployed and increased population. Many people do not afford to get proper foods for their daily life and even they don’t have their own homes, they sleep on the footpath or road, more populations need more food, money, and for staying houses but due to lack of this poverty grows very quickly, thus in addition rich are growing richer and the poor becoming more poorer which becomes difficult to fill the gap. Poverty has many effects like it reduces poor housing, illiteracy, increase the

  Poverty and Homelessness A DEFINITION OF POVERTY Poverty is one of the biggest factors behind homelessness. Defined as the state of not having enough possessions or assets to fulfill a person’s needs, poverty and homelessness is a severe social issue in almost every part of the world. This means that poverty can include social, economic, and political elements as well. While there are many definitions to consider, one thing is for certain: poverty results in exclusion from society. When people don’t have enough financial resources to have an adequate standard of living, they can’t afford to spend on luxuries. They can only focus on the basics, including food and shelter. Since they get excluded from society, they are neither well educated nor are they in the best physical condition. There are various causes of poverty. The nature of work and income levels play a significant role in contributing to this condition. Many people work long hours for a paltry sum that is hardly enough for