India Chronic Poverty Report

2011

India is one of the most progressive nations of the world, making waves in the field of science and technology, nuclear energy etc. Global multinationals and growing industries have changed the face of urban India with people being employed in corporate, having a fairly high standard of living and an increased purchasing power. But this just shows the glorious side of the story for India. But the rural country still struggles for its basic necessities of life like food, drinking water, shelter and education. Despite the country's meteoric GDP growth rate, poverty in India is still pervasive; especially in rural areas where 70% of India's 1.2 billion populations live. It is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and yet its wealth is hardly redistributed across the population. Major determinants of poverty are low levels of per capita income, high population growth, unequal distribution of wealth, inadequacy of infrastructure, unproductive employment, and under employment and disguised unemployment etc. The objectives of the present paper is to review the poverty definition, causes of poverty, effects, policy perspectives of poverty alleviation programmes and to analyze various programmes, emphasis of Five Year Plans (FYPs) on poverty alleviation, gains of poverty alleviation programmes in India and remedies. The poverty alleviation programmes, recycles the overall standard of living of the people. As these programmes ensures better health, better education to their children. Hence the income generation through employment gives minimum hopes to take care of the future generation in respect of their education, public health including adaption of a family planning and other developmental aspects in growing economies, indirectly gives a way to remove poverty.

2015

The Reconstruction and Development Programme represents government's commitment to eradicate poverty. For this vision to materialize, policies must be orientated towards the provision of basic needs, the development of human resources and a growing economy which is capable of generating sustainable livelihoods. The success of government's strategy for growth, employment and redistribution (GEAR) is dependent on the maintenance of a sound fiscal and macro-economic framework. Rural development will contribute to this policy Eradication of poverty and provision of basic minimum services is integral elements of any strategy to improve the quality of life. No development process can be sustainable unless it leads to visible and widespread improvement in these areas. There is by now enough evidence to show that rapid growth has strong poverty reducing effects and given a public policy stance, which is sensitive to the needs of the poor a focus on accelerated growth will also help...

2017

Poverty has always been a cause of great concern. Significant decline in poverty ratio has been observed in both rural and urban areas during 2011-12. The rural poverty head count ratio declined by 16 percentage points from 41.8 per cent to 25.7 per cent and urban poverty declined by 12 percentage points from 25.7 per cent to 13.7 per cent. Though, the nation shows considerable improvement in poverty reduction, it is alarming that, still, 1 in every 5 persons in India is below the national poverty line. India"s 1.25 billion citizens have higher expectations about their future today, than they have ever had before. In this perspective, this paper discusses various programmes and policies for poverty alleviation. The broad vision and aspirations, which the Twelfth Plan seeks to fulfill are reflected in the subtitle: "Faster, Sustainable, and More Inclusive Growth". Inclusive development incorporates social and financial inclusion and in most cases the socially excluded ...

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