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Discuss the major reasons for poverty in India.

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(i) Lack of industrialiation : India is very backward from industrial point of view. Hardly 3% of the total working population is engaged in large-scale industry. 

(ii) Over dependence of agriculture : Even after 50 years of independence more than 60% of our total populations still depends on agriculture for its livelihood. Due to shortage of inputs, our agriculture is backward. 

(iii) Inflationary pressure : Opward trend in prices adversely affects the poor section of the society. 

(iv) Unemployment : Due to lack of job opportunities more than 90 lakh of our total working force is unemployed.

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