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Answer the following questions briefly   (i) What do you understand by human poverty?   (ii) Who are the poorest of the poor?   (iii) What are the main features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005?  

Answer:

(i) Human poverty is a definition of poverty which takes us beyond the general definitions of poverty i.e., not having enough money Being able to earn a fixed amount as set by the government as poverty line does not actually free them from poverty.                       A person who is unable to get proper education and shelter and nutritious food, or if a child is forced to child labour or they face social and caste discrimination, then they come under human poverty.    (ii) Women, elderly people and female infants are the poorest of the poor is society.      Women, elderly people and the girl child are systematically denied equal access to the resources available in the family. That is why they and considered the poorest of the poor.                              (iii) The main features of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 are—       (a) The act provides 100 days assured employment every year to every rural household in 200 districts. Later the scheme will be extended to 600 districts.                                       (b) 1/3rd of the proposed jobs would be reserved for women.   (c) The central government will also establish National employment Guarantee Funds. Similarly, the State Government will also establish the State Employment Guarantee Funds for the implementation the scheme.           (d) Under the scheme if an applicant is not provided employment within 15 days he/she will be entitled to a daily unemployment allowance.