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MEASURES|The biggest enemy of health in thedeveloping world is POVERTY}
-KOFI ANNAN
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Poverty alleviation is expected to make better
progress in the next 50 years than in the past, as a
trickle-down effect of the growing middle class.
Increasing stress on education, reservation of
seats in government jobs and the increasing
empowerment of women and the economicallyweaker sections of society, are also expected to
contribute to the alleviation of poverty.
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The growth of the middle class indicates that
economic prosperity has indeed been very
impressive in India, but the distribution of
wealth is not at all even.
After the liberalization process and moving
away from the socialist model, India is adding
60-70 million people to its middle class everyyear. At the current rate of growth, a majority
of Indians will be middle-class by 2025.
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Provides 100 days assured employment every year.
Provides unskilled manual work.
1/3rd
of proposed jobs reserved for women. If employment not provided in 15 days of registration then
unemployment allowance will be paid.
Employment will be provided within a radius of5 km.
This scheme is partly financed by central governmentandpartly by state government.
Minimum wage for all workers is Rs.100/- per day
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Covered 150 most backwarddistricts.
Desire to do manualunskilled labour.
100% centrally sponsoredscheme.
They are paid partly withcash and partly with foodgrains.
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25 kg of food grains was madeavailable at a highly subsidizedrate ofRs. 2 per kg for wheatand Rs. 3 per kg for rice.
Quantity enhanced from 25 kgto 35 kg from 2002 onwards.
State government and UnionTerritory administrationidentify these families amongthe below poverty line (BPL)families.
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Assistance is given to BPL families in rural areas fortaking up selfemployment.
The person taking up selfemployment are calledSwarozgaries.
They are given assistance throughbank credit and
government subsidy.
Cost sharing between Centre and State is 75:25.
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Providing selfemployment toeducated unemployed youth ofeconomically weaker andunderprivileged sections.
22.5% reservation for SC & ST ingovernment jobs only
27% for OBC in government jobs
only
This scheme was withdrawn on31.03.2008.
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General employment in rural areas.
Develop entrepreneurial skill and attitude amongrural unemployed youth.
Achieve the goal ofrural industrialization.
Facilitate participation offinancial institutions for
higher credit flow to rural industries.
Generate ideas for self-employment among the youththrough the involvement ofNGOs, Gram Panchayatand Government Agencies.
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It is launched by combining two schemes,
i.e. PM Rozgar Yojana and Rural
Employment Generation Program.
It was launched in the year 2008.
In this program, micro enterprises would beset up in rural as well as urban areas.
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Gram Swarozgar Yojana (GSY)
Employment Assurance Schemes (EAS)
PradhanMantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY)
Food For Work Programme (FWP)
Krishi Shramik Suraksha Yojana (KSSY)
Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana (JGSY)
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Prime Minister Rojgar Yojna (PMRY)
Swarnajayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojna (SJSRY)
National Social Assisstance Programme(NSAP)
Indira Awaas Yojna (IAY)
Shiksha Sahayog Yojna (SSY)
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How many days ofwork has been promisedunder the NREGA scheme?
How does the state and the central
government share the costs of implementingthe Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna?
What is the full form ofBPL?
Why is the presence ofbanks in villagesimportant to generate selfemployment invillages?
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