Question

In India poverty allevation programmes were unsatisfactory give reasons

Answer 1

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

Most of the programmes 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 programmes can be mainly grouped into

1) Wage employment programmes

2) Self-employment programmes

3) Food security programmes

4) Social security programmes

5) Urban poverty alleviation programmes

6) skill india programmes for employment.

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