New Approaches to Alleviation

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Is there any relationship between unemployment and poverty? Explain.

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How is unemployment different from underemployment? How is unemployment measured in India?

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Briefly discuss the various adverse effects of unemployment.

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Why Should We Be Worried About Underemployment?

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Discuss the causes behind the failure of poverty alleviation programmes.

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Suppose you are a resident of a village, suggest a few measures to tackle the problem of poverty.

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It is not possible to eradicate poverty completely. Do you agree?

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Name two major programmes that aim at improving the food and nutritional value of the poor.

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Government had allocated 42 crores for the upliftment of Pahadi Korwas, a tribal community. Under this project, a road was developed in the Kach Ketha village costing Rs.17.44 lakhs. However, the officials failed to notice that there was only one Korwa family in that village and they were suffering from acute water shortage. Also, these funds were grossly misappropriated as only 'Lal Mitti' was put over a Kutcha road. As Ramdas says, "Instead of spending Rs.17.44 lakhs of that road, if they had spent a few thousands on improving the damaged well on my land, wouldn't that have been better?"

(i) What according to you would have truly benefitted Ramdas Korwa— developing the road or improving the well?

(ii) Rs.17.44 lakhs were spent on developing the road. Is this cost justified?

(iii) What values do you find disturbing in the above case?

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Which of the following programs is not related to improvement of the food and nutritional status of the poor?

1. PDS

2. MNREGA
   

3. ICDS
   

4. Mid-day meal scheme

Q. Long answer type questions:
Explain how the government can use the budgetary policy in reducing inequalities in incomes.

Q. _____________ budget includes receipts of the government through tax and non-tax sources and that expenditure which doesn't affect the assets and liabilities of the government.

1. Capital
2. Revenue
3. Both A & B
4. Neither A nor B

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Which of the following is not a major deficiency of Poverty Alleviation Programs (PAPs) in India?

1. High level of unemployment

2. Poor resource allocation
   

3. The non-poor has appropriated benefits of PAPs

4. Inefficient utilization of resources
   

Q. Explain the following objectives of government budget.
(a) Allocation of resources
(b) Reducing income inequalities.

Q. Short answer type questions:
How can a govermment budget help in reducing inequallties of income? Explain.

Q. Short answer type questions:
Explain any one objective of Government Budget.

Q. The Government, under UjjwalaYojana, is providing free LPG kitchen gas connections to the families `below the poverty line'. What objective the government is trying to fulfil through the government budget and how? Explain.

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Which of the following do you think is a lasting solution to poverty?

1. Gainful Employment

2. Direct Benefit Transfers

3. Government Social Spending

4. None of these

Q. Explain the two Basic Concepts of National Income.

Q. The government must allocate greater funds for the eradication of poverty.

1. False
2. True

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To alleviate poverty, the government can either target GDP growth or increase spending in social sectors. State true or false.

1. True

2. False

Q. Local level participation is not necessary for effective poverty alleviation programmes.

1. False
2. True

Q. Universal Basic Income refers to the idea where every individual is assured .

1. minimum income
2. minimum consumption
3. wage employment
4. subsidy transfers

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Which of the following prevents growth from converging to development?

1. Unemployment

2. Equity
   

3. Poverty

4. Wealth

Q. People just above the poverty line do not require any special attention through alleviation programmes.

1. False
2. True

Q. Which of the following is not the feature of under-developed economy?

1. Outdated technology
2. Unemployment
3. Low growth rate of population
4. Low per capita income

Q. A surplus budget is useful in correcting inflationary gap by lowering the level of _____________.

1. taxation
2. effective demand
3. aggregate supply
4. income inequality

Q. Long answer type questions:
What is government budget? Explain how taxes and subsidies can be used to influence allocation of resources.

Q. Because of poverty poor people suffer from _____.

1. Chronic hunger
2. Temporary hunger
3. Occasional hunger
4. Seasonal hunger

Q. The idea of passing on the equivalent amount of the subsidy to the people is called .

1. UBI
2. DBT
3. ICDS
4. NFSA