Question

Trace the growth of the poverty allevation
Programme. why are we not progressing inspite
of it?​

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 the rural poverty as prevalence of poverty is high in rural areas. Also targeting poverty is a great challenging 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.

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