1. The economic factor is involved because India's administrator failed on two things: the promotion of economic growth and population control that made the cycle of poverty. So there is low economic growth and high growth of the population.
The socio-cultural factor is involved because there is diverse factor such as caste, gender discrimination, and social exclusion that supports the world of poverty.
2. i think it depends. I think in some cases economic growth can lead to the reduction of poverty and in other cases, economic growth can lead to the increase in poverty. it depends on the uneveness that are dominant in the economy. Economic growth doesn't have a defenite link to the reduction of poverty.