Which of the following constitutes the "Urban poor"?
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A and B only C and D only C and D only A and C only |
A and C only |
The urban poor is largely the overflow of the rural poor who had migrated to urban areas in search of alternative employment and livelihood, laborers who do a variety of casual jobs, and the self-employed who sell a variety of things on roadsides and are engaged in various activities. Whereas, the rural poor work mainly as landless agricultural laborers, cultivators with very small landholdings, or landless laborers, who are engaged in a variety of non-agricultural jobs and tenant cultivators with small land holdings. |