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Poverty In INDIA

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On the basis of  social, economical and political  aspects, there are different ways to identify the  type of Poverty : 1.  Absolute poverty. 2.  Relative Poverty. 3.  Situational Poverty. 4.  Generational Poverty. 5.  Rural Poverty. 6.  Urban Poverty. Now let us understand them one by one: 1. Absolute poverty:  Also known as extreme poverty or abject poverty, it involves the scarcity of basic food, clean water, health, shelter, education and information. Those who belong to absolute poverty tend to struggle to live and experience a lot of child deaths from preventable diseases like malaria, cholera and water-contamination related diseases. Absolute Poverty is usually uncommon in developed countries. 2. Relative Poverty : It is defined from the social perspective that is living standard compared to the economic standards of population living in surroundings. Hence it is a measure of income inequality. For example, a family ca...
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SAVE HASDEO FOREST

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Tribal people from India march to save the Hasdeo forest from mining project Tribal people from the Hasdeo Forest embarked on a historical foot march to the state capital to save their lands and livelihoods from a mining project by the Indian multinational Adani group. In India's Chhattisgarh, hundreds of tribal people from thirty villages of the Sarguja and Korba districts marched to the state capital Raipur in the second week of October, to protest against an Adani group mining project that poses a threat to their lands and livelihood .provision for obtaining Gram Sabha consent and affected villagers would be compensated fairly under provisions of Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and Chhattisgarh Rehabilitation Policy of 2007.  Members of the Struggle Committee claim that this compensation is insufficient and unfair, claiming that their homeland cannot be monetarily compensated. They say, "Whatever the sum is, the money woul...
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