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SUBMITTED TO :-DR. PINKIASSTT. PROFESSOR IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENTINDIRA GANDHI UNIVERSITY,MIRPUR.
INDIAN
ECONOMY
Submitted by :Mona yadav Sudhir yadav
Neha verma Monika gupta
Neha anant M.com(Hons.) 3RD Year
PROBLEMS of POVERTY
INTRODUCTIONMEANING OF POVETRYPOVERTY LINECAUSES OF POVERTY
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION PROGRAMMESEVALUATION OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMESSUGGESTIONS FOR REMOVEL OF POVERTY
In spite of 61 years of planning, the
problem of poverty is still persisting in the
country. It is the most crying economic
problem in India .it is a curse not only for
an individual but for the entire nation
also. according to national sample survey
organisation(nsso), international poverty
line is defined as per capital consumption
expenditure of less than one us dollar per
day.
Introduction
“POVERTY IS THE INABILITY TO GET THE
MINIMUM CONSUMPTION
REQUIREMENTS FOR LIFE, HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY. THESE
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
INCLUDE FOOD,CLOTHING,HOUSING,EDUCATION AND
BASIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS”
MEANING
Calorie criteria: the energy that an individual gets from the food that he eats everyday is measured in terms of calories. in India , planning commission is of the opinion that an individual in rural area must get 2,400 calories and in urban area 2,100 calories per day.
MINIMUM CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CRITERIA: In 2004, As per this, those people will be
treated as living below the poverty line whose per capita consumption expenditure at 2004 prices is below Rs.368 per month in rural areas and below Rs. 559 per month in urban areas.
In 2009-10, tendulkar committee raised the poverty line based on consumptionExpenditure as per 66th survey of NSSO and price level in 2009-10 to Rs.673 per capita per month in rural areas and Rs.860 per capita per month in urban areas.
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINE IS THE LINE WHICH INDICATES THE LEVEL OF PURCHASING POWER REQUIRED TO SATISFY THE MINIMUM NEEDS OF A PERSON. IN OTHER WORDS, IT REPRESENTS THE CAPACITY OF SATISFY THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF HUMAN NEEDS.THIS LINE IS DIVIDES THE POPULATION IN TWO GROUPS,,ONE OF THOSE WHO HAVE THIS PURCHASING POWER OR MORE AND THE OTHER GROUP OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THIS MUCH OF PURCHASING POWER.THE FORMER GROUP IS REGARDED AS LIVING ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE(APL).THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT REGARDED AS POOR.THE LATTER GROUP IS CONSIDERED AS LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE(BPL).
CAUSES OF POVERTY
Heavy pressure of population
Increase in prices
Poor work culture
Lack of well developed means of transport
Lack of technical education
Unemployment
MEASURES UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO REMOVE POVERTY
Employment generation programmeProgrammes related to acquisition of productive assets
Other programmes
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ESwaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana(SGSY)
Sampoorna grameen rozgar yojana (SGRY)
National food for work programme
Small and cottage industries
Prime minister rozgar yojana(PMRY)
Swaranjayanti shahri rozgar yojana(SSRY)
Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee act (MGNREGA)
PROGRAMMES RELATED ACQUISITIONOF PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
1. Differential rate of interest scheme
2. Pradhan mantri gramodya yojana
3. Concessional loans to start cottage and small industries
The differential rate of interest scheme was launched in 1972 to advance loans to the poor at the very low rate of interest of 4 per cent per annum.
This programme was introduced in 2001. its main objective is to improve the quality of life of people in the rural areas.
Government provides concessional loans to start small, village and cottage industries.
EVALUATION OF POVERTY1.Employment generation programmes
2.Programmes related to acquisition of productive assets
3.Defective planning
4.Ignorance of neglected, disabled and sick persons
5. Lack of coordination among various alleviation programme
6. Leakage of funds
7. Unawareness about schemes
suggestIon f o rremoval
Special scheme for rural
development
Provisions for meetingMinimum needs of the poor
Development Of
agriculture
Increase in economic growth rate
Stability in price level
ChangeInTechniquesOfproduction
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