Illustrate the difference between rural and urban poverty. Is it correct to say that poverty has shifted from rural to urban areas? Use the trends in poverty ratio to support your answer.
Illustrate the difference between rural and urban poverty. Is it correct to say that poverty has shifted from rural to urban areas? Use the trends in poverty ratio to support your answer.
i) In urban areas, poor people include pushcart vendors, street cobblers, rag pickers, beggars etc. On the other hand, in rural areas, poor people include landless agricultural labourers, cultivators with small land holdings, etc.
ii) The urban poor is largely the overflow of the rural poor who have migrated to urban areas in search of alternative employment opportunities and livelihood. However, rural people do not include people from urban areas.
It is correct to say that poverty has shifted from rural areas to urban areas. The number of poor people in rural areas reduced from 261.3 million to 170.3 million from 1974-75 to 2004-05, whereas the number of poor people in urban areas has increased from 60 million to 68.2 million. So, trends in poverty in India support this statement.
i) In urban areas, poor people include pushcart vendors, street cobblers, rag pickers, beggars etc. On the other hand, in rural areas, poor people include landless agricultural labourers, cultivators with small land holdings, etc.
ii) The urban poor is largely the overflow of the rural poor who have migrated to urban areas in search of alternative employment opportunities and livelihood. However, rural people do not include people from urban areas.
It is correct to say that poverty has shifted from rural areas to urban areas. The number of poor people in rural areas reduced from 261.3 million to 170.3 million from 1974-75 to 2004-05, whereas the number of poor people in urban areas has increased from 60 million to 68.2 million. So, trends in poverty in India support this statement.
