Describe current
government strategy of poverty alleviation.
Describe current government strategy of poverty alleviation.
The
current anti-poverty strategy of the government has a two-lined
approach − promotion
of economic growth
and targeted
anti-poverty programmes.
Economic
growth widens opportunities and provides resources needed to invest
in human development. Also, so that the poor can take advantage of
this economic growth, the government has formulated several
anti-poverty schemes to affect poverty directly or indirectly. Prime
Minister Rozgar Yojana,
Rural
Employment Generation Programme,
Swarnajayanti
Gram Swarozgar Yojana,
Pradhan
Mantri Gramodaya Yojana,
Antyodaya
Anna Yojana,
National
Food for Work Programme,
National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act,
and proposals for establishing National and State Employment
Guarantee Funds are some of the anti-poverty schemes of the
government.
However,
despite the good intentions of these schemes, the benefits have not
fully reached the deserving poor. Hence, the major emphasis in recent
years has been on proper monitoring of all the poverty alleviation
programmes.
The current anti-poverty strategy of the government has a two-lined approach − promotion of economic growth and targeted anti-poverty programmes.
Economic growth widens opportunities and provides resources needed to invest in human development. Also, so that the poor can take advantage of this economic growth, the government has formulated several anti-poverty schemes to affect poverty directly or indirectly. Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana, Rural Employment Generation Programme, Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana, Antyodaya Anna Yojana, National Food for Work Programme, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, and proposals for establishing National and State Employment Guarantee Funds are some of the anti-poverty schemes of the government.
However, despite the good intentions of these schemes, the benefits have not fully reached the deserving poor. Hence, the major emphasis in recent years has been on proper monitoring of all the poverty alleviation programmes.
