Question

what are the similarities and differences between URBAN POVERTY and RURAL POVERTY??

Answer 1

Similarities between urban poverty and rural poverty:

a. In both areas landless people are victims of poverty.
b. People working in the unorganized sector are poverty ridden.
c. Vulnerable groups like women, SC's and ST's in both areas are affected.

Dissimilarities:

a. According to the Government of India, the definition of poverty is linked to the expenditure required by an average household to meet a specified minimum nutrition in terms of calories and urban poverty in particular is denoted by an intake of 2100 calories per capita per day. Rural poverty is denoted by an intake of 2400 calories per day.
b. The rural poor are more employed in agriculture and the urban are generally the casual daily wage laborers.
c. Urban poor generally include the migrant population, rural include those living in slums.
d. Size of the family is also the cause of poverty which is generally larger in rural areas than compared to urban areas.