The document discusses India's Minimum Needs Program and 20 Point Programme, which aimed to improve standards of living and reduce poverty in rural areas. The Minimum Needs Program, launched in 1974, sought to provide basic needs like health, education, nutrition, water, sanitation and electricity. It had objectives like increasing access to primary health centers and schools. The 20 Point Programme, launched in 1975 and revised in 1982 and 1986, also aimed to eradicate poverty and improve quality of life. It covered 20 areas like rural poverty, agriculture, irrigation, education, housing, health, and empowerment of weaker sections. Both programs focused on underserved rural areas and providing facilities as an integrated package.

1. Minimum Needs & 20
Point Programme
Mrs.D.Madhurima Gopinath,
Clinical Instructor
HMCON

2. Introduction
• India is a developing country comprised with major
part of rural areas.
• People in rural areas were not able to access to
many of the facilities after the independence
• Development of the rural areas can be done by
planning and assuring the basic/ minimum needs to
them.

3. Minimum Needs Program
Launched : 1974 - 1978 (Fifth Five Year Plan)
Goal:
• Growth with social justice
• Improve the living standards of people by providing
basic needs
Basic Needs:
Health, Education, Nutrition, Water & sanitation
Electricity

4. Objectives
To be achieved by eighth five year plan
Rural Health
1 PHC for every 30,000 population in plains and for every
20,000 population in hilly areas
1 SC for every 5000 population in plains and for every
3000 population in hilly areas
1 CHC for every 1 lakh population
Nutrition
• To extend nutritional support to 11 million eligible
persons
• To consolidate mid day meal programme
• To provide portable water and adequate sanitation
facilities.

5. Components
• Rural health
• Rural water supply
• Rural electrification
• Elementary education
• Adult education
• Environmental improvement of urban slums
• Houses for landless labourers

6. Principles
• Facilities to be provided first for underserved areas
• Facilities should be provided as a package

7. 20 Point Programme
• Launched : Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975,
restructured in 1982 and again on 1986
• New policies were included in Twenty Point
Programme – 2006 (TPP-2006)
• Approved by the Cabinet on 5th October, 2006 and
operated
• Monitoring Authority : At the Centre, Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation,
Government of India.

8. Objectives
• To eradicate poverty
• To improve the quality of life of the poor and the
under privileged population of the country.
Areas of coverage:
poverty, employment, education, housing, health,
agriculture and land reforms, irrigation, drinking
water, protection and empowerment of weaker
sections, consumer protection, environment etc.

9. 20 points
• Attack on rural poverty
• Strategy for rained agriculture
• Better use of irrigation water
• Bigger harvest
• Enforcement of land reforms
• Special programs for rural labour
• Clean drinking water
• Health for all
• Two child norm
• Expansion of education
• Justice for SC / ST
• Equality for women
• New opportunities for women
• Housing for the people
• Improvement for slums
• New strategy for forestry
• Protection of environment
• Concern for the consumer
• Energy for the villages
• A responsive administration

10. Integrated Sectors
• Total Swarojgaries Assisted under SGSY (Panchayat
Department & RD)
• SHGs to whom income Generating activities
provided
• Rural Housing – Indira Awas Yojna
• EWS/LIG Houses in urban Areas
• Accelerated Rural water supply programme
• Immunization of children (Health Department)
• SC Families Assisted (Backward Classes welfare
Department)

11. Contd.,
• No. of poor Families Assisted under 7 point charter
(Municipal Affairs/UD Implementing Agency )
• Area covered under Plantation (Forest Department)
No. of Seedings Planted (Forest Department)
• Rural Roads – PMGSY ( Panchayats and R & D)
• Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyntikaran Jojana –
Villages electrified
• Energising pump sets ((Power Department)