Describe current government strategy of poverty alleviation
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The government strategy of poverty alleviation is based on two approaches.
(i) Economic growth promotion, and
(ii) Directed anti-poverty schemes.
Economic growth helps in creating opportunities and gives resources required for investing in thorough human development.
To help the poor take advantage of economic growth, the government of the day has created many anti-poverty schemes that can help in eradicating poverty.
Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY), National Food for Work Programme (NFWP), Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY), Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) are a few anti-poverty schemes run by the government.
However, all these schemes seem to be an eyewash and in spite of having good intentions for these schemes, the benefits does not seem to have fully reached the poor due to a callous approach and corruption within the government.
Poverty alleviation only seems to be a political plank for the government to win votes and nothing else.
The poor are getting poorer while the rich are getting richer through the efforts of the government.
The current anti poverty of the government has a two prolonged approaches that promote economic growth and targeted anti poverty programmes .
Economic growth widens opportunities and provide resources needed to invest in human development To enable poor to take the advantage of this economic growth the government has formulated several anti poverty schemes to effect poverty directly or indirectly .
PMRY,REGP,SGSY,AAY,etc are the anti poverty schemes of the government
There is also a proposal for establishing National and State Employment Guarantee Funds.However,despite the good intentions of these schemes, the benefits have not fully reached deserving poor.