Question

3. State governments and village panchayats initiate programmes to ensure wage employment for people of Above
Poverty Line status.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The poverty alleviation programs in India can be categorized based on whether it is targeted either for rural areas or urban areas in the country.

Most of the programs are designed to target rural poverty as the prevalence of poverty is high in rural areas. Also targeting poverty is a great challenge in rural areas due to various geographic and infrastructure limitations. The programs can be mainly grouped into

1) Wage employment programs

2) Self-employment programs

3) Food security programmes

4) Social security programs

5) Urban poverty alleviation programs.

6) skill India programs for employment.

The five-year plans immediately after independence tried to focus on poverty alleviation through sectoral programs.