Poverty
means the state in which man cannot meet up the fundamental needs of life.
There are many causes of poverty. Illiteracy is the main cause of remaining
poor. Superstition, early-marriage, overpopulation, scarcity of work,
unemployment, unconsciousness etc. are also responsible for poverty. Poverty
crates a lot of problems. It is also the root cause of many misdeeds.
Poverty-affected people cannot lead a decent life. They go without better
clothes, shelter, medical care and education. At times some of them are
compelled to beg from door to door and from man to man. Begging is not a job
and it is very disgraceful in the society. But some poor people instead of
begging go on stealing, robbing, snatching and hijacking. They are treated as
miscreants and terrorists. All these are the outcome of poverty. So, poverty
alleviation is a must for establishing peace in a state. In our country most of
the people are poor. They live below poverty line. They earn a little to keep
body and soul together. Again many of them are involved in some unethical and
heinous activities. These should not be allowed to continue. If we want to stop
all unethical activities and corruption, at first we have to eradicate poverty from
our society. But how can we wipe out poverty? The first step that we can take
up is the diversification of the economy. As ours is an agro-based economy, it
is imperative to diversify our agricultural output. Besides, we have to go for
non-agricultural diversification. In order to do so, we can move into labour-intensive
industries, as labour is very cheap in our country. Population control is a
must and various positive incentives may be offered for small planned families.
Illiteracy ought to be eradicated. After all micro-credit should be provided
among the poor on easy terms so that they can change their lots. These few
steps will surely help in reducing poverty that has plagued us for decades. According
to Dr. Yunus, a Nobel laureate for peace rightly said, ―If micro-credit were
offered to all the poor people, poverty of all kinds would be sent to the
museum.‖