Poverty remains a significant problem in India, with over 27.5% of the population living below the poverty line. Poverty is most prevalent in rural areas, where nearly 75% of poor Indians live on $1 or less per day. The causes of poverty include rapid population growth, lack of education and employment opportunities, and dependence on agriculture. While the Indian government has implemented various initiatives to reduce poverty, such as employment guarantee schemes and rural development programs, poverty continues to disproportionately impact disadvantaged groups like Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Achieving truly inclusive growth and eliminating poverty will require expanded access to resources, education, and entrepreneurship opportunities across India.

1. Poverty in India
Tultul Hazra Das

2. Basics About India
1. Capital New Delhi
2. Largest City Mumbai
3. Official Languages Hindi, English
4. Demonym Indian
5. President Mr Pranab Mukherjee
6. Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi
7. Independence from US
a) Declared 15th August 1947
b) Republic 26th January 1950
8. Population 1,210,193,422
(2011 Census)

3. Poverty
Poverty is the deprivation of Food, Shelter, Money and clothing when people
can’t satisfy their basic needs.
Poverty can be understood simply as a lack of money or more broadly in terms
of barriers to everyday human life
What is Poverty:
Poverty is –
• Hunger.
• Lack of Shelter.
• Being sick & not being able to see a
doctor.
• Not having access to school and not
knowing how to read.
• Not having a job, is fear for the future.
• Losing a child to illness brought about
by unclean water
• Powerlessness, lack of representation
and freedom

4. Poverty in India
• Despite of growth & development in Indian economy, during
the last couple of decades, Poverty is, parallel, increasing in
terms.
• Nearly 27.5% of India’s population still lives below the poverty
line, and 75% of this, lives in rural areas.
• 77% of Indians live on a daily income of Rs 20 only

5. Cause:
• Rapid Population Growth.
• Lack of Capital
• Lack of Literacy
• Large Families
• Lack of employment
opportunities
Poverty in Rural India
• < 1 billion people lives in rural area. 170 million of them are poor.
• India’s poorest people include 50% of ST and 40% of SC.
• Poorest areas lie in Rajasthan, MP, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Orisa &
WB
• In these areas shortage of water, draught, flood impede agriculture and resist
to achieve result of Green Revolution
Government Initiatives:
• Pradhan Mantri Kayshal Vikas Yojana
• Jaeahar Gram Sammriddhi Yojana
• Sampurna Gramin Rozgar Yojana
• National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme.
• Group Life Insurance
• Agriculture Insurance
• Rural Housing Programme
• Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana etc

6. Cause:
• Slow job Growth.
• Migration of Rural youth to cities
• Voicelessness & Powerlessness
• Gaps in Public Distribution
System
Poverty in Urban India
• < 80 million poor people lives in urban area. 61.80 million people are living in
urban slums.
• The bulk of urban poor are living in deprived condition with-
- Low cost water supply
- Improper sanitation
- Bad sewerage and drainage system
- Low availability of services of Health, Nutrition, Pre-school and Non-
formal Education.
• Out of 260.3 million BPL people 61.7 million lives in urban areas.
Government Initiatives:
• Pradhan Mantri Kayshal Vikas
Yojana
• Nehru Rozgar Yojana
• Financial Assistance for
Constructing House

7. What Can We Do?
In our small ways,
Let us not waste resources,
The hard earned tax payers money,
Which might better to be used to eradicate misery of others,
Let us show that we do care and
Realize the dream of seeing a poverty free India.

8. Government Strategy for Poverty
Elemination
• Widening concept of Employment,
• Ensuring financial services even to the poorest person
• Recognizing every single human being as a potential
entrepreneur.
• Recognizing social entrepreneurs as potential agents for
creating a world of peace, harmony and progress.
• Recognizing the role of globalization and information
technology in reducing poverty.

9. UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal-1:
End Poverty in All Its Forms
Everywhere