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poorer. Rich people are highly privileged and are enjoying luxurious life but the poor
people are deprived of many facilities. Some of the class-based problems are given
below:
Landlord system and feudal system
Capitalistic social structure
System of tenants, servants and bonded labourers are still practised in the
society.
Loan to the poor people by money lenders at a very high interest rate
Direct approach in politics, administration, etc. is managed legally but
practically not much effective.
Besides these, several problems exist in our society. For example, HIV/AIDS, girl
trafficking, vandalism, using abusive words, polygamy extra-marital affairs, etc.
Refugee problems, dislike to physically challenged people, street children are other
challenging problems in Nepal.

Impacts of Social Problems

The immoral, illegal, bad and violent actions of people which harm other people
directly or indirectly living in the family and society are called social problems. There
are many impacts of social problems. Some of them are as follows:

Instead of peace and harmony chaos and conflict arises.
Unity among the people cannot be maintained.
Pace of development is very slow.
Unhealthy environment is created.
Creativity will be ruined.

Solutions
The following measures can be adopted to mitigate the social problems and evils from
our society.

Parents should treat both sons and daughters equally.
The government should launch effective plans for reducing unemployment,
illiteracy and poverty.
The society should be made free from exploitation, discrimination, corruption
and orthodoxy.
Tenant rights should be ensured and rate of interest must be minimized by the
money lenders.
Political parties should mobilize their cadres for creating awareness against
social problems and evils.
Common people and civil societies must raise strong voice for truth and justice.
All the stakeholders should work jointly to make everyone aware about their
rights and responsibility.

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