Poverty NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Indian Economic Development
Poverty NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Indian Economic Development NCERT TEXTUAL QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Question 1. Define poverty. Answer. Poverty in India has been defined as that situation in which an individual fails to earn income sufficient to buy him minimum means of subsistence. Question 2. What is meant by ‘Food for Work’ programme? Answer. National Food for Work Programme (NFWP). This programme was initially launched w.e.f. February 2001 for five months and was further extended. This programme aims at augmenting food security through wage employment in the drought affected rural areas in eight States, i.e., Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttaranchal. The centre makes available appropriate quantity of foodgrains free of cost to each of the drought affected States as an additionality under the programme. Wages by the State government can be paid partly in kind and partly in cash. The workers are paid the balance of wa...