This document discusses poverty in India. It defines poverty and outlines some of the key causes, such as unemployment, inequality, population growth, and lack of access to resources. It also discusses methods of measuring poverty in India and internationally. The document then examines some of the government programs aimed at poverty eradication, such as NREGS, and reviews challenges faced in implementing these programs effectively.

3.  POVERTY
 MEASURING POVERTY
 REASONS OF POVERTY
 ERADICATION OF POVERTY
 POVERTY ERADICATION
PROGRAMMES
 REVIEW THE IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

4. TODAY ONE OF THE
MAJOR CHALLENGE
FACED BY INDIA IS
POVERTY AND FOOD
SECURITY.IT IS A SOCIAL
PROBLEM. SO THAT
GOVERNMENT AND THE
SOCIAL ACITIVIST HAVE
TO PLAY A VITAL ROLE
IN THE ERADICATION OF
POVERTY FROM THE
SOCIETY…

5.  SCENARIES OF POVERTY

6.  POVERTY IS A SITUATION
WHERE PEOPLE FAIL TO
SATISFY THEIR BASIC NEEDS.
 WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT GET
ENOUGH TO EAT – HUNGER
 WHEN MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
DO NOT GET FOOD AND
CONSEQUENTLY A SIZABLE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIE -
FAMINE

7.  INTERNATIONAL LEVEL – AS PER WORLD BANK ESTIMATE,
A PERSON WHO EARNS INCOME OF LESS THAN $ 1.25 PER
DAY AT 2005 PRICES IS CONSIDERED BELOW THE POVERTY
LINE
 INDIA – POVERTY LINE IS USED TO IDENTIFY THE POORS IN
CALORIES . PEOPLE IN RURAL AREA NEEDS 2400 KG
CALAORIES IN TAKE AND 2100 KG CALORIES IN URBAN AREA.
 POVERTYRATIO=NO:OF PEOPLE BELOW THE POVERTYLINE
*100 TOTAL POPULATION

9.  UNEMPOLYMENT
 INEQUALITY IN
WEALTH AND
INCOME.
 RAPID GROWTH OF
POPULATION.
 INCREASES IN
PRICES.
 ILLITARACY.
 ILLNESSESS
 LACK OF FRESH
WATER.
 LOW NUTRITION
 PREDOMINANCE OF
AGRICULTURE.
 INDEBTEDNESS OF
THE FARMER.
 UNDER DEVELOPED
NATURE OF THE
ECONOMY.

10. LOW INCOME
LOW
PURCHASING
LOW
CONSUMPTIO
N
LOW
NUTRITION
ILLNESSES
LOW CAPACITY
TO WORK
LESS
OPPURTUNITY
FOR
EDUCATION

12.  STRENGTHEN THE PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
 MAKE AVAILABLE BASIC AMENITIES LIKE GOOD
ROADS, WATER SUPPLY, EDUCATION FACILITIES AND
MEDICAL FACILITIES.
 MAKE AVAILABLE LAND, HOUSE AND OTHER ASSETS
TO THE POOR.
 STRENGTHEN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
INSTITUTIONS.
 PROVIDE UNIVERSAL FREE EDUCATION.

13.  THE OBJECTIVE OF FOOD SECURITY IS TO
FREE PEOPLE FROM POVERTY AND
MALNUTRITION.
 AVAILABILITY OF SUFFICIENT FOOD FOR ALL.
 CAPACITY FOR ALL TO BUY SUFFICIENT
FOOD.
 QUALITY FOOD AVAILABLE TO ALL.

14.  NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT
GUARENTEE SCHEME (NREGS )
 INDIRA AVAS YOJANA (IAY)
 SWARNA JAYANTHI SHAHARI ROZGAR
YOJANA (SJSRY)
 INTEGRATED HOUSING AND SLUM
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (IHSDP)
 TOTAL SANITATION MISSION (TSM)

15. GENERATES
EMPLOYMENT
CREATES ASSETS
LIKE IRRIGATION
FACILITIES
GENERATES
INCOME
MORE
EMPLOYMENT
MORE INCOME
DEVELOPMENT OF
RURAL ECONOMY

16.  ALL ARE NOT GETTING THE BENEFITS EQUALLY.
 EVEN THOSE WHO ARE NOT POOR ALSO GET THE
BENEFITS.
 INSUFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF FUND FOR THE
SCHEMES.
 CORRUPTION AND INEFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION
 NEGLECT IF LOCAL CONDITIONS.

17.  POVERTY
 HUNGER
 FAMINE
 POVERTY LINE
 POVERTY RATIO
 NREGS