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    This document discusses poverty in India, including its definition, causes, historical trends, factors responsible, measures to reduce it, and government poverty alleviation programs. It defines poverty as the inability to fulfill basic necessities and notes the developmentalist and neoliberal views on its causes. Historical data on poverty rates from 1977-2005 is presented, showing a gradual decline from 51.3% to 27.5%. Key factors contributing to poverty include population growth, low agricultural productivity, underutilized resources, and unemployment. The document outlines measures like employment, social programs, education, and land reforms to reduce poverty and lists several major government programs implemented for poverty alleviation.

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    Chapter - 11

    POVERTY IN INDIA
    Concept meaning and definition
    of poverty
    ► Poverty is a social phenomenon in which a
    section of the society is unable to fulfill even
    the basic necessities of life.
    ► When a substantial segment of a society is
    deprived of the minimum level of living and
    continues at a bare subsistence level, the
    society is said to be plagued with mass
    poverty.
    Causes of poverty in India
    ► There are atleast two main schools of
    thought regarding the causes of poverty in
    India they are-
     The developmentalist view.
     The neoliberal view.
    ► There are also varieties of more direct
    technical factors.
    ► And some cultural factors also contribute to
    it.
    Historical trends in poverty
    statistics
    year round Poverty Poverty
    rate(%) reduction
    per year(%)
    1977-78 32 51.3 1.3
    1983 38 44.5 1.2
    1987-88 43 38.9 0.5
    1993-94 50 36.0 0.5
    1999-00 55 (26.09) Not
    2004-05 61 27.5 comparable
    0.8
    Factors responsible for poverty
    ► Rapidly rising population.
    ► Low productive in agriculture.
    ► Under utilized resources.
    ► Low rate of economic development.
    ► Price rise.
    ► Unemployment.
    ► Shortage of capital and able entprenership.
    ► Social factors.
    ► Political factors.
    Measures to reduce the poverty.

    ► More employment opportunities.


    ► Minimum needs programme.
    ► Social security programmes.
    ► Establishment of small-scale industries.
    ► Uplift of rural masses.
    ► Land reforms.
    ► Spread of education.
    ► Social and political atmosphere.
    ► To provide minimum requirements.
    Poverty alleviation programme.
    ► Jawahar gram samridhi yojana (JGSY).
    ► Swarnjayanti gram swurozgar yojana
    (SGSY).
    ► Employment assurance scheme (EAS).
    ► Sampoorna grameen rozgar yojana (SGRY).
    ► National social assistance programme
    (NSAP).
    Poverty alleviation programme.
    ► Pradhan mantri gramodaya yojana (PMGY).
    ► gram sadak yojana (PMGSY).
    ► Swarnu jayanti shuhri rozgar yojana
    (SJSRY).
    ► Indira awaas yojana (IAV).
    ► Samarga awaas yojana. (say)
    ► Annapurna.
    ► Krishna shramik samajik suraksha yojana.

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