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Poverty As A Challenge - Part Iii

The document discusses India's various government programs aimed at reducing poverty, including the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana, Rural Employment Generation Programme, Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana, and Antyodaya Anna Yojana. It notes that while these programs have had some success in reducing poverty, their effectiveness has been limited by issues with implementation and targeting.

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Poverty As A Challenge - Part Iii

The document discusses India's various government programs aimed at reducing poverty, including the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana, Rural Employment Generation Programme, Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana, and Antyodaya Anna Yojana. It notes that while these programs have had some success in reducing poverty, their effectiveness has been limited by issues with implementation and targeting.

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ECONOMICS

CLASS: IX
POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE: PART III
Saudamini Dei

1 ANTI-POVERTY MEASURES:
The current anti-poverty strategy of the Government is based broadly on two planks:

ˆ Promotion of Economic Growth

ˆ Targeted Anti-poverty Measures

2 MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EM-


PLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT:
ˆ It was implemented in September 2005.

ˆ It provides 100 days assured employment to every household to ensure livelihood secu-
rity in rural areas.

ˆ One-third of the jobs have been reserved for women.

ˆ The person who is willing to work has to apply for work.

ˆ He /she is to be provided with work within 15 days of application.

ˆ Otherwise, the person is to be provided with unemployment allowance.

ˆ The wage rate of unskilled and manual workers has been revised state wise.

3 PRIME MINISTER ROZGAR YOJANA (PMRY:)


ˆ It was started in 1993.

ˆ The aim of the programme is to create self-employment opportunities for educated


unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns.

ˆ They are helped to set up small business and industries.

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4 RURAL EMPLOYMENT GENERATION PROGRAMME
(REGP):
ˆ It was implemented in 1995.

ˆ The aim of the programme is to create self-employment opportunities in rural areas


and small towns.

ˆ A target of creating 25 lakh new jobs had been set for the programme under Tenth
Five Year Plan.

5 SWARNAJAYANTI GRAM SWAROZGAR YOJANA


(SGSY):
ˆ It was implemented in 1999.

ˆ It aims at bringing the assisted poor families above poverty line by organising them
into self help groups through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy.

6 PRADHAN MANTRI GRAMODAYA YOJANA (PMGY):


ˆ It was implemented in 2000.

ˆ Additional central assistance is given to states for basic services such as primary health,
primary education, rural shelter, rural drinking water and rural electrification.

7 ANTYODAYA ANNA YOJANA (AAY):


ˆ It was implemented in 2000.

ˆ Under this scheme, one crore of the poorest among the BPL families covered under the
public distribution system were identified.

ˆ Poor families were identified by the respective state rural development departments
through the Below Poverty Line Survey.

ˆ Twenty-five kilograms of food grains were made available to each eligible family at a
highly subsidised rate of Rs.2 per kg for wheat and Rs.3 per kg for rice.

ˆ This quantity has been enhanced from 25 kg to 35 kg with effect from April 2002.

ˆ The scheme has been further expanded twice by additional 50 lakh BPL families in
June2003 and August 2004. Now, two crore families have been covered under AAY.

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The result of these programmes have been mixed. To some extent, anti-poverty measures
have been able to eradicate poverty. But one of the major reasons for the ineffectiveness of
anti-poverty measures is the lack of proper implementation and right targeting. There has
been a lot of overlapping of schemes. The benefits of these schemes have not fully reached
to the deserving poor.

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