Kathmandu, Nepal: Poverty is a state of deprivation. Despite its many forms and dimensions, poverty is the deprivation of basic necessities of life. Poverty is the lack of basic necessities of life in the general sense. Poverty can be classified as absolute and relative. Absolute poverty is the inability to meet even basic needs. The poverty line income level is used to measure absolute poverty. For example, according to global norms, the absolute poor are those whose income is less than