INDIA

POVERTY IN

Extent Poverty in India•India is a nation of over 300 million poor people, which is the worlds largest number of poor people.•Lack of food and water.•Poverty is increasing by 8 million a year.•456 million live on less than $1.25 a day. •41.6% of the total population falls belowthe international poverty line.

• Life expectancy for male (60 years)

• Life expectancy for women (50-55 years)

• 31% of infants are born with low birth-weight

• One out of two children between the ages of 6 and 14 has no access to primary education.

• 500,000 children are forced into this commercial sex trade every year.

Causes• High population growth rate

• Illiteracy• Ignorance • Unemployment• Caste based politics• Discrimination• Large families

These are some of the Programs/strategies that have

been put in place in an attempt to alleviate poverty

• The targeted public distribution system (TPDS)

• Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM)

• Development of Women and children in Rural Areas (DWCRA)

• Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

GLOBAL ACTORS

Work that needs to be further done to eliminate poverty

• Shelter• Reasonable amount

of food and water for each person

• Doctors located close by to rural areas

• Better facilities at school.

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84-Qz4vFVHs&feature=player_embedded

Bibliography• http://www.undp.org.in/whatwedo/crisis_prevention_and_recovery

• http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/INDIAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21493265~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:295584,00.html

• http://www.the-nri.com/index.php/2010/09/celebrity-interview-aam-aadmi-part-ii/

• http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/EXTSAREGTOPAGRI/0,,contentMDK:20273764~menuPK:548214~pagePK:34004173~piPK:34003707~theSitePK:452766,00.html