Author : Dr.r.l.poonguzhali
Keyword : Poverty, socio-economic status, livelihood status, and food security.
Subject : Economics
Article Type : Review article
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Abstract : Food security is the foundation of our economic security and economic security leads to national security and other forms of social security. A large proportion 26% or about 260 million (193 million in rural areas and 67 million in urban areas) of Indians are still below the poverty line, according to India's First Social Development Report. Poverty is associated with the financial condition of an individual. The Circumstances leading 10 poverty are many and hunger and poverty are interesting. The present study aims to assess poverty, socio-economic status and to find out food security through selected families. The area selected for the study was Dharmapuri District. 60 SC/ST families were selected. A scheduled method was used to collect data regarding poverty, socio-status, and livelihood status and food consumption pattern of the families. This study analysed most of the families were medium sized family coolie workers, lowest income and economically weaker section. Food security is the foundation of our economic security which leads to national security and other forms of social security; India has stepped into the new millennium with a quite different social and economic profile . It will be our efforts to bring structural changes in the rural economy through empowerment to women in our development efforts so that the curse of poverty and hunger is banished in the new paradigm of growth and prosperity. A large proportion 26% or about 260 million (193 million in rural areas and 67 million in urban areas) of Indians are still below the poverty line, according to India's first social development Report. Available information on various tribes in India indicates that the majority are nutritionally deficient. The Tribal regions however present a dismal picture, with the balance between life and death being precariously maintained through low paying agricultural wages or distress migration.
Article by : Dr R L Poonguzhali
Article add date : 2021-08-01
How to cite : Dr.r.l.poonguzhali. (2021-August-01). Poverty and food security among scheduled caste and tribes. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/798