Causes of poverty & Concerns which prevents the successful implementation of programme
Causes of poverty Individualistic
- Low level of education
- Infirmity, ill health
Economy-wide problems
- Low capital formation
- Lack of infrastructure
- Lack of demand
- Pressure of population
- Lack of social/welfare nets
Other causes
- Social, economic, political inequality
- Social exclusion
Other Causes of Poverty
- Colonial Past
- Corruption
- Rural Indebtness
- Gender Inequality
- Lack of Understanding of Nature of poverty
Approaches by Govt-Dimension
- Growth oriented approach
- Self-Employment
- Provision of minimum basic amenities
Programmes by Government to tackle Poverty
Growth oriented approach
- Trickle Down Approach
- Focus in the 1950s-1960s
- Rapid industrial development
- Transformation of agriculture through green revolution
- But not impressive due to population growth
Specific Poverty Alleviation Program
- Incomes and Employment for the poor could be raised through the creation of additional assets and by means of work generation
- Initiated from third five-year plan (1961-66)
- Expanding self-employment programmes
- PMRY, SJSRY, SHG
- Wage Employment Programme (e.g. MGNREGA)
Provision of basic amenities to people
- Starts from fifth five-year plan
- India is pioneer in world to envisage through Public Expenditure on social consumption needs.
- Provision of Food grain at subsidised rate, education, water supply, sanitation, etc.,
- living standard improved.
- Three major programmes
- Public Distribution System (PDS)
- Integrated Child development scheme
- Pradan Mantri Gram Swarojgar Yojana
- National Social Assistance Programmme
Concerns which prevents the successful implementation of programmes
- Unequal distribution of land
- Amount of resources allocated is not sufficient
- Programmes mainly depend on government and bank officials.
- Since such officials are ill motivated, inadequately trained, corruption prone and vulnerable to pressure from local elites.
- Leakages
- Non participation of local level institution.
- Without active participation of the people.
- Problems in Identification of beneficiary.
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