Explain any five anti poverty measures taken by the government of india
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The government of India has taken a number of steps to combat poverty. Some of them are:
1. National Rural Employment Guarantee or NREGA
According to this employment is assured for 100 days in a year for every rural household in 200 districts.
2. National Food for Work Programme or NFWP
This scheme is open for the rural people who are willing to do manual unskilled work. They are given food grains in lieu of wages. This scheme has been implemented in 150 most backward states.
3. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana or SGSY
It grants bank credit and government subsidy to poor families who are organized into self help groups. This gives them a chance to rise above the poverty line.
4. Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana or PMGY
The states are given assistance for basic services like primary health, rural shelter, primary education, rural electrification and rural drinking water.
5. Antyodaya Anna Yojana or AAY
According to this scheme subsidized food is provided to millions of the poorest families.
1) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA):
a) it is also aimed at sustainable development to address the causes of draught, deforestation and soil erosion .
b) One third of the propose job has been reserved for women .
c) the scheme provide employment to to 20 crores person days of employment 4.78 crore household .
d) The share of SC ,ST, women person-days in the scheme at 23% 17% and 53% respectively .
The average wage has increased from 65 in 2006-07 to 132 in 2013 -14 .
2)Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY):
This is under the scheme which was started in 1993 .
a) The aim of the programme is to create self- employment opportunities for educated unemployment youth in rural areas and small towns .
b) They are helped setting up small business and industries .
3) Rural Employment generation programme (REGP) :
This was launch in 1995 . The aim of the program is to create self employment opportunities in rural areas and small town .
a target for creating 25 Lakh new jobs has been set for the program under the Tenth Five Year Plan .
4) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) :
This was launched in 1999.
a) The programme aims at bringing the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organising them into self help groups through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy .
5) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY) :
This was launched in 2000.
a) Additional Central assistance is given to state for basic services such as primary health, primary education, rural shelter, rural drinking water and rural electrification .