Question

mention the drawbacks of poverty alleviation program

Answer 1

Lack of political will: poverty has been a hindrance in the development of India as a whole since Independence. There have been a lot of schems aimed at poverty alleviation like provision of ration cards, food for work, MGNREGA, etc yet all of them have failed to get implemeted due to lack of penetration of democracy at local levels, lack of political participation, lack of education,etc.

Lack in holistic approach: schemes that have been implemented in India to alleviate poverry have been primarily aimed at just covering the monetary part. E.g. in case of Food for work, only the food portion was being covered. In MGNREGA, the beneficiary was entitled only for the monetary benefit. As per the UN report, poverty is just not about money, and yet the governmental schemes had failed to realize this.

A up to bottom approach: Most of the poverty alleviation schemes, like MGNREGA, have been either inspired or planned at a centralized level and implemented without or little modifications at district levels.e.g. in Kerala, where the literacy levels are high, the MGNREGA beneficiaries are getting paid the same amount as the beneficiaries in uttar Pradesh where not only the literacy levels are comparitively low but also the developmental aspects are lower than Kerala.

Lack of periodical review and a consistent approach: at the time of Independence, nehru approached poverty alleviation through education and technology , while Indira Gandhi during the 1970s fought poverty through direct benefits. This was completely changed at the time of Rajeev Gandhi when poverty alleviation was directly linked to IT revolution. A change of perception is currently seen when the current government is focussing on alleviation through inclusion. Although every government aims for good, yet the positive outcomes have seldom been considered in successive government's agenda , more so when the political party affiliation is different.

Answer 2

Answer:

Reasons for not meeting the objectives and solutions:

The poverty alleviation programs are below expectations. Some have called them failed programs of the government.

1. A major drawback is the lack of a monitoring agency at the central level,
2. corruption is always a hurdle,
3. lack of political will and determination
4. the lack of awareness of these programs by the poor because they are uniformed
5. the process of availing these schemes need to be simplified,
6. any shortcomings in any of the poverty alleviation programs must be fixed or amended immediately.
7. a program which is not giving the expected results must be scrapped or replaced.