(a) Landless: Landless is that person who does not own any land. Lakha Singh is treated as landless.
(b) Unemployment: Unemployment is a situation in which those people who are able and willing to work at existing wage rate cannot get work. Ram Saran and Lakha Singh’s families are unemployed or under-employed.
(c) Size of Families: By the size of families we mean the number of persons in a family. Generally the size of poor families like Ram Saran and Lakha Singh are very large.
(d) Illiteracy: Person who cannot read and write is treated as illiterate poor person.
(e) Poor health/Malnutrition: Poor health means who have no access to health care and remain ill. Malnutrition means undernourishment.
