what are the weaknesses of poverty alleviation programme
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Integrated Rural Development Program(IRDP) IRDP in India is among the world's most ambitious programs to alleviate rural poverty by providing income-generated assets to the poorest of the poor. This program was first introduced in 1978-79 in some selected areas, but covered all the areas by November 1980.
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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.