Question

What among the following are some of the characteristics of poor and vulnerable groups?

• A. They possess few assets
• B. They reside in kutcha hutments
• C. Many of them are landless
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of the above

The poor possess few assets. They reside in kutcha hutments with walls made of baked mud and roofs made of grass, thatch, bamboo and wood. The poorest of them do not even have such dwellings. In rural areas many of them are landless. Even if some of them possess land, it is only dry or waste land. Many do not get to have even two meals a day. Starvation and hunger are the key features of the poorest households.