Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Poverty

Question:

Which of the following options can be categorized under the "Churning poor"?

Options:

Seasonal workers

Small farmers

Both 1 and 2

Casual workers

Correct Answer:

Both 1 and 2

Explanation:

There are many ways to categorize poverty. In one such way, people who are always poor and those who are usually poor but who may sometimes have a little more money (for example: casual workers) are grouped together as the chronic poor. Another group are the churning poor who regularly move in and out of poverty (for example: small farmers and seasonal workers) and the occasionally poor who are rich most of the time but may sometimes have a patch of bad luck. They are called the transient poor. And then, there are those who are never poor and they are the non-poor.