POVERTY :- MEANING WHO ARE POOR PEOPLE WHAT IS POVERTY LINE VARIANTS CATEGRISING POVERTY CAUSES EFFECTS VIEWS POVERTY IN INDIA POLICIES DISIMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES CONCLUSION

5. Absolutely
poor
Very
poor
poor Not
so
poor
Middle
class
Upper
middle
class
rich Very
rich
millionaries billionaries

6. Chronic poor
• Those who are
ALWAYS POOR.
Eg:- landless
workers
• Those who are
USUALLY POOR.
Eg:- casual
workers
Transient poor
• CHURNING
POOR :- they
regularly move in
and out of
poverty. Eg:-
seasonal workers
• OCASSIONALLY
POOR :- eg:-
people who
gamble.
Never poor
• These are those
people who lie
above poverty
line. Eg:- doctors,
lawyers..

8. NO
EDUCATION
NO JOB
OPPURTUNITY
NO MONEY
NO BASIC
NEEDS
POVERTY
ARISES

9. RAPIDLY RISING POPULATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
INEQUALITIES OF WEALTH AND INCOME
INDEBTNESS
LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE
LACK OF DEMAND
LACK OF SOCIAL WELFARENESS
SOCIAL ECONOMIC & POLITICAL INEQUALITY

13. TREND OF POVERTY IN INDIA
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
%OFPOORINTOTALPRODUCTION
YEAR

14. NUMBER OF
POOR IN INDIA
6180
32040
7535
9280
19095
15056
12614
8419
5923
47935
14114
1335
50
0
1698
3775
2688
2024
4310
4736
1239
1873
2340
11884
4383
982
1646
234
ANDHRA PRADESH
BIHAR
GUJARAT
KARNATKA
MADHYA PRADESH
MAHARASHTRA
ODISHA
RAJASTHAN
TAMIL NADU
UTTAR PRADESH
WEST BENGAL
PUNJAB
DELHI
CHANDIGARH
ACC. TO CENSUS 2005
URBAN RURAL
(Per 1000)

16. POLICIES AND PROGRAMES
TOWARDS POVERTY ALLEVATION
• ECONOMIC GROWTH ORIENTED APPROACH:-
• SPECIFIC POVERTY ALLEVATION
PROGRAMMES:-
• SELF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMES:-

19. RURAL
EMPLOYMENT
GENERATION
PROGRAMME
(REGP)
PRIME
MINISTER’S
ROZGAR
YOJANA (PMRY)
SWARN JYANTI
SHAHARI
ROZGAR
YOJANA (SJSRY)
NATIONAL
FOOD FOR
WORK
PROGRAMME
(NFWP)
SAMPOORAN
GRAMIN
ROZGAR
YOJANA (SGRY)
MID DAY MEAL
SCHEME
PRADHAN
MANTRI GRAM
SADAK YOJANA
(PMGSY)
PRADHAN
MANTRI
GRAMODYA
YOJANA (PMGY)
NATIONAL
SOCIAL
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMME
(NSAP)

20. SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES
• RURAL EMPLOYMENT GENERATION PROGRAMMES:-
THIS WAS INITIATED TO CREATE SELF EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE RURAL AND SMALL TOWNS.IT
WAS IMPLETED BY KHADI AND VILLAGE
INDUSTRIESCOMMISION.IN THIS , ONE CAN GET
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF BANK LOANS
TO SETUP SMALL INDUSTRIES.
• PRIME MINISTER’S ROZGAAR YOJANA (PMRY):-UNDER
THIS THE EDUCATED UNEMPLOYED FROM LOW
INCOME FAMILIES ARE GIVEN FINANCIAAL HELP TO
SETUP ANY KIND OF ENTERPRISE THAT GENERATES
EMPLOYMENT.*BY 2003-04 3 MILLION PEOPLE GET
EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE SCHEME.

23. • SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMME: NATIONAL
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (NSAP):- IT
WAS INITIATED BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ON
15th AUGUST, 1995 TO HELP A FEW SPECIFIC
GROUPS . UNDE THIS PROGRAMME, ELDERLY
PEOPLE WHO DONOT HAVE ANYONE TOTAKE
CARE OF THEM ARE GIVEN PENSION TO
SUSTAIN THEMSELVES . POOR WOMEN WHO
ARE ON THE BREADLINE OR WIDOWS ARE
GIVEN ASSISTANCE.

24. LACK OF
RESOURCES
UNEQUAL
DISTRIBUATION OF
ASSETS
IMPROPER
IMPLEMENTATION
OF PROGRAMMES
LACK OF
INFRASTRUCTURE
LACK OF ACTIVE
PARTICIPATION OF
POOR PEOPLE