POVERTY –The vicious Circle

INTRODUCTION

One-third of India's population (roughly

equivalent to the whole population of United
states )lives below poverty line .
India is home to one third of poor people in
the world.
Though the middle class has gained from
recent economic development as a whole
India suffers from substantial poverty.
GRAPH SHOWING POVERTY ESTIMATION
 POVERTY IN INDIA
According to new World Bank estimates
poverty based on 2005 data, India has 456
million people,41.6% of its population below
the new international poverty line of $1.25
per day.
33% of global poor reside in India
India has 828 million people or 75.6% of
population living below $2 a day.
 Reasons for poverty
OVERPOPULATION
High standard of living and cost of living
Inadequate education and employment
Environmental degradation
Global distribution of resources
Economic and demographic trend
Individual responsibility and welfare
dependency
 EFFECTS OF POVERTY

Malnutrition and starvation

Infectious disease and exposure to elements
Mental illness and drug dependence
Crime and violence
Long term effects
GRAPH DEPICTING GDP PER CAPITA
 GOVERNMENT STEPS TO ERADICATE POVERTY
 Community Development Programme
 Intensive Agriculture Development
Programme
 Employment Guarantee Scheme of
Maharashtra
  Twenty Point Programme
 Food for work Programme
 National Rural Employment Programme
 Development of women & children in Rural
Areas
 Rural Landless Employment Guarantee
Programme
 Self-employment of the Educated Unemployed
Youth
 Council for Advancement of People’s Action &
Rural Technology
 Self-Employment programme for the Urban poor
 CONCLUSION
 Poverty is the single most cause of misery and
sadness in the world.
 Hunger , malnutrition and susceptibility of peer
to natural disaster make them take up anti
social and anti national activities
 It is the duty of government in particular and all
citizen in general to try their best to eradicate
poverty and to establish harmony and peace in
the societies and in the world