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    The document discusses several key poverty alleviation programs implemented by the Indian government. It notes that between 2005-2006 and 2015-2016, 271 million people in India were lifted out of poverty as the poverty rate declined from 55% to 28%. Several major programs aimed at increasing incomes and creating employment for the rural poor are outlined, including the National Rural Livelihood Mission, Integrated Rural Development Programme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Annapurna Scheme, and National Old Age Pension Scheme. While these programs have helped reduce poverty, more still needs to be done to eliminate it completely in India.

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    The document discusses several key poverty alleviation programs implemented by the Indian government. It notes that between 2005-2006 and 2015-2016, 271 million people in India were lifted out of poverty as the poverty rate declined from 55% to 28%. Several major programs aimed at increasing incomes and creating employment for the rural poor are outlined, including the National Rural Livelihood Mission, Integrated Rural Development Programme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Annapurna Scheme, and National Old Age Pension Scheme. While these programs have helped reduce poverty, more still needs to be done to eliminate it completely in India.

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    The document discusses several key poverty alleviation programs implemented by the Indian government. It notes that between 2005-2006 and 2015-2016, 271 million people in India were lifted out of poverty as the poverty rate declined from 55% to 28%. Several major programs aimed at increasing incomes and creating employment for the rural poor are outlined, including the National Rural Livelihood Mission, Integrated Rural Development Programme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Annapurna Scheme, and National Old Age Pension Scheme. While these programs have helped reduce poverty, more still needs to be done to eliminate it completely in India.

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    Poverty Alleviation Programmes in

    India
    - Shivani Krishnakumar
    Poverty is the condition of not having enough
    economic resources to sustain one’s basic needs.
    There are two types of poverty- absolute poverty
    and relative poverty. Absolute poverty is the
    condition of not having enough resources to sustain
    one’s basic needs while relative poverty is the
    condition of being of a lesser living standards
    compared to the area one lives in. In India, as per the
    Rangarajan Committee(2014) one is in a state of
    poverty in rural areas if they earn less than Rs 972
    per month and less than Rs 1407 in urban areas.
    According to The Global Multidimensional
    Poverty Index released by the UN, it was noted that
    271 million people moved out of poverty between
    2005-06 and 2015-16 in India. The poverty rate fell
    from 55% to 28% over the ten-year period. The
    government measures designed to alleviate poverty
    were instrumental in this decline.
    Let us look at some such measures-
    1.National Rural Livelihood Mission

    Now called Deen Dayal Antyodaya Anna Yojana,


    this mission was started in 2011 by the Ministry of
    Rural Development. The aim was to increase the
    household income of the rural poor. The mission of
    this programme is to make the rural poor aware
    about their capabilities for engaging in self
    employment and getting out of poverty. All
    measures like skill enhancement and loans with
    low interests etc. will be provided to them. Some of
    the main goals of this programme are to enhance
    existing livelihood options, build skill sets, and
    nurture the self employed.
    2.Integrated Rural Development Programme

    The Integrated Rural Development


    Programme was started in 1978-79. The aim
    of this programme is to create sustainable
    self employment opportunities for the rural
    poor. Subsidy and bank credit assistance was
    provided to the poor under this programme.
    It was later renamed to “Swarnajayanti
    Gram Swarozgar Yojana”. Organising the
    rural poor into self help groups was one of
    their main objectives. The programme is
    handled 50 percent by state government and
    the rest 50 by the central government.
    3.Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
    Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
    2005:

    Under this act,100 days assured employment


    will be provided every year to every rural
    household. One-third of the proposed jobs are
    reserved for women. The central government
    has also established National Employment
    Guarantee Funds as a part of the enforcement of
    this act. Similarly, state governments will
    establish State Employment Guarantee Funds
    for implementation of the scheme. Under the
    programme, if an applicant is not provided
    employment within 15 days s/he will be entitled
    to a daily unemployment allowance.
    4.Annapurna Scheme:

    This scheme was started by the government in


    1999–2000. The aim is to provide food to senior
    citizens who are not capable of taking care of
    themselves. If an elder citizen wants to avail the
    benefits of this scheme, they should not be
    availing the benefits of National Old Age
    Pension Scheme (NOAPS). They also should
    have no one to take care of them in their
    village. This scheme would provide 10 kg of
    free food grains a month for the eligible senior
    citizens. Mostly, the target groups are the
    ‘poorest of the poor’.
    5.National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS):

    While this pension is given by the central


    government, the job of implementation of this
    scheme in states and union territories is given
    to panchayats and municipalities. Sometimes
    the states might also contribute in this scheme.
    The amount of old age pension is ₹200 per
    month for applicants aged 60–79. For
    applicants aged above 80 years, the amount
    has been revised to ₹500 a month according to
    the 2011–2012 Budget. This programme has
    helped a lot of senior citizens sustain
    themselves in the field of adversity.
    These poverty alleviation programmes,
    in spite of all the loopholes, have turned
    out to be quite successful. However, they
    are not enough and we still have a long
    way to go to make India poverty- free.

    Thank you for watching.

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