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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