Question

Explain the measure to reduce poverty?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

the measure to reduce poverty;

1. Accelerating Economic Growth:

In the fifties and sixties it was generally thought that poverty in India can be significantly reduced by accelerating economic growth.

2. Agricultural Growth and Poverty Alleviation:

Agricultural growth has been recognized as an important factor that contributes to marked reduction in poverty.

3. Speedy Development of Infrastructure:

An important measure to generate employment opportunities for the poor and to raise their productivity is the speedy development of infrastructure.

4. Accelerating Human Resource Development:

Besides physical infrastructure development, poverty can also be reduced through human resource development.

5. Growth of Non-Farm Employment:

For reduction of poverty growth of non-farm employ­ment in the rural areas is of special importance.

6. Access to Assets:

Rapid growth of population after independence has led to greater sub- di­vision and fragmentation of agricultural holdings and lack of employment opportunities in industries and other non-farm sectors has worsened the conditions of agricultural labour and self-employed small farmers.

7. Access to Credit:

Availability of credit to the poor on easy terms can create the conditions for small farmers gaining access to productive resources such as HYV seeds fertilizers, construction of minor irrigation such as wells and tubewells.

8. Public Distribution System (PDS):

A properly functioning public distribution system which is targeted to the poor households is an important element of the strategy for poverty reduction.

9. Direct Attack on Poverty: Special Employment Schemes for the Poor:

It was realised in the early seventies that it would take a very long time for economic growth to generate enough employment opportunities to provide productive employment to all the unemployed and poor in the country.

Answer 2

Answer:

a: Accelerating economic growth.

b: Agricultural growth and proverty alleviation.

c: Speed development infrastructure.

d: Accelerating human resource developement.

e: Growth of non-farm employment.