Respected Distinguished Professor and Advisory Board Member, Greetings!!! With due respect, it's my immense pleasure to inform you that with your kind support the edited book has been published entitled“POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN INDIA: ISSUES & CHALLENGES". This Book has been released on dated 15 March-2015 in 25th Annual Conference of Madhya Pradesh Economic Association (MPEA) at Barkatullah University Bhopal & Jagaran Lakecity University Bhopal (M.P). Title of the Book : POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN INDIA ISSUES & CHALLENGES Editor : Dr. Dhiresh Kulshrestha Co-Editor : Dr. Veerandra Singh Matsaniya ISBN No. : 978-93-82816-23-2 First Edition year : 2015 Release Date : 15 March-2015 At occasion : 25 Annual Conference Madhya Pradesh Economic : Association (MPEA) at Barkatullah University-Bhopal(MP) : & Jagaran Lakecity University Bhopal (M.P) Binding : Hard Bond List Price : Rs. 1240/- attached herewith : 1. Book Releasing ceremony photo 2. Cover page of the Book About the Book World over, the burning issues is poverty alleviation issues and challenges that emanates from the global world. Researches are being made across the globe in these vulnerable areas with a view to delivering satisfactory solutions to the poverty issues challenges arising out of them. This book is a compliment in this direction. This book focuses on the various issues through its 27 chapters, those are concern with poverty alleviation, issues, impact of various policies, poverty inequality, poverty among women, poverty eradication through SHG’s and micro finance institutions, social capital and household workers in rural Punjab, rural poverty in Indian context, poverty reduction through horticulture multi-pronged strategy to alleviate the poverty in India, challenges the repeated natural disasters in mountains, poverty alleviation through tourism, migration, security and poverty (In special context of metro cities construction workers) And other major issues of poverty in India. It was 1991, when the GOI took the initiative for economic reforms in India by introduction the Liberalization Privatization and Globalization. This is the historical reference point from which we could look back at the various reforms in the Indian Economy. The President's address to Parliament has sought to put rest charges that the Narendra Modi government is pro-corporate, by unveiling pro-poor plans for eliminating poverty, fighting food inflation and providing urban facilities in rural areas. The blueprint of the government for the coming months also has a contingency plan for sub-normal monsoon, cropinsurance and reforming the Public Distribution System. The thru

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EDITORIAL
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World over, the burning issues is poverty alleviation issues and challenges that emanates from
the global world. Researches are being made across the globe in these vulnerable areas with a
view to delivering satisfactory solutions to the poverty issues challenges arising out of them.
This book is a compliment in this direction.
This book focuses on the various issues through its 27 chapters, those are concern with poverty
alleviation, issues, impact of various policies, poverty inequality, poverty among women,
poverty eradication through SHG’s and micro finance institutions, social capital and household
workers in rural Punjab, rural poverty in Indian context, poverty reduction through horticulture
multi-pronged strategy to alleviate the poverty in India, challenges the repeated natural disasters
in mountains, poverty alleviation through tourism, migration, security and poverty (In special
context of metro cities construction workers)
And other major issues of poverty in India. It was 1991, when the GOI took the initiative for
economic reforms in India by introduction the Liberalization Privatization and Globalization.
This is the historical reference point from which we could look back at the various reforms in the
Indian Economy.
The President's address to Parliament has sought to put rest charges that the Narendra Modi
government is pro-corporate, by unveiling pro-poor plans for eliminating poverty, fighting food
inflation and providing urban facilities in rural areas.
The blueprint of the government for the coming months also has a contingency plan for sub-
normal monsoon, crop insurance and reforming the Public Distribution System. The thrust of the
President's speech was Modi's economy revival plans and how this would help the middle class
and the poor by creating more jobs and giving a boost to growth and development.

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The slogans given by Modi during the election campaign, "Ek Bharat, Shresht Bharat (One India,
Great India)", "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas (Taking all together, progress of all) were highlighted
in the speech. But the running theme of the speech was the fight to eradicate poverty and
improve the condition of the poor.
"Poverty has no religion, hunger has no creed, and despair has no geography. The greatest
challenge before us is to end the curse of poverty in India. My government will not be satisfied
with mere "poverty alleviation"; and commits itself to the goal of 'poverty elimination',"
Mukherjee said. This book also focuses on the Modi Mantra to create magical reforms in Rural
Bharat and Chinese strategy to transform the Chinese rural sector.
All possible efforts have been made in this book to satisfy the readers with intellectual inputs
with adequate justification done of the themes regarding to Poverty Alleviation in India: Issues
and challenges. This present book tries its best to incorporate research papers, articles of valued
contributors which throw sufficient enlighten on major issues and challenges of poverty
alleviation in Indian context. We hope, like the first edited book, the present book will also gain
the appreciation among the readers adding to the motivation of the contributors and the editors to
continue their efforts towards catering to the needs of the academia.
Editor

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Dr. DhireshKulshrestha
Associate Professor&Head-Departmentof Economics,
Central Universityof Haryana
Mahendergarh- HR
Email: drdhireshkulshrestha@gmail.com
Co-Editor
Dr. VeerandraSingh Matsaniya
AssistantProfessor–Departmentof Economics,
Dr. H.S. Gour Central UniversitySagar(MP)