Question

Explain the programmes that provides minimum basic amenities to the people to reduce the poverty in India

Answer 1

Answer:

The seven basic services identified for priority attention are:

Explanation

100 per cent coverage of provision of safe drinking water in rural and urban areas;

100 per cent coverage of primary health service facilities in rural and urban areas;

Universalisation of primary education;

Provision of Public Housing Assistance to all shelterless poor families;

Extension of Mid-day Meal Programme in primary schools, to all rural blocks and urban slums and disadvantaged sections;

Provision of connectivity to all unconnected villages and habitations; and

Streamlining of the Public Distribution System with focus upon the poor