How does India help it's poor?

Answer 1

This is not a direct answer, but may help:

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Answer 2

according to me by providing them with free cost facilities of food, occupation, eduction , and still much more.................

Answer 3

1. Special Employment Schemes for the Poor.

The special employment scheme of rural public works which was launched by the Government in 5th Five Year Plan constitutes a direct attack on poverty as it does not depend on the trickledown effect of economic growth on the poor.

2. Access to Credit

The new technology is size-neutral, that is, it can be adopted equally well by small farmers. But the adoption of new technology requires financial resources which are lacking with the small farmers. Besides, the non-farmer poor need credit for marketing, food processing, dairying, forestry, development of handicrafts which can provide them gainful employment

3. Growth of Non-Farm Employment

For reduction of poverty growth of non-farm employ­ment in the rural areas is of special importance. Non-farm employment is created in marketing (i.e., petty trade), transportation, handicrafts, dairying, and forestry, processing of food and other agricultural products, repair workshops.

4. Accelerating Human Resource Development

This human resource development not only generates a good deal of employment opportunities but also raises productivity and income of the poor. Further, people equipped with skills, education and good health can easily get wage employment or self-employment with higher productivity.

5. Speedy Development of Infrastructure

An important measure to generate employment opportunities for the poor and to raise their productivity is the speedy development of infrastructure. Since private sector is not attracted to make adequate investment in infrastructure, public investment needs to be stepped up for its development. Infrastructure development consists of building of roads, highways, ports, telecommunication, power and irrigation. They involve mainly construction work which is highly labour intensive.

6. Access to Assets

Rapid growth of population after independence has led to greater sub- di­vision and fragmentation of agricultural holdings and lack of employment opportunities in industries and other non-farm sectors has worsened the conditions of agricultural labour and self-employed small farmers.

7. Agricultural Growth

Agricultural growth has been recognized as an important factor that contributes to marked reduction in poverty. A study made by Montek Ahuluwalia, former member of Planning Commission, brought clearly that agricultural growth and poverty are inversely related; the higher agricultural growth leads to lower poverty ratio. The expe­rience of Punjab and Haryana in the late sixties and in the seventies confirmed this inverse relation between agriculture growth and poverty.

8. Public Distribution System (PDS)

Poor households spend nearly 80 per cent of their income on food. Therefore, an effective way of raising rural incomes and ensuring food security to the poor households is an assured supply of adequate quantity of food-grains and other essential commodities at subsidised prices, that is, at prices which are lower than the market prices.

9.Accelerating Economic Growth

In the fifties and sixties it was generally thought that poverty in India can be significantly reduced by accelerating economic growth. According to this view, benefits of economic growth will trickle down to the poor in the form of more employment opportunities, greater productivity and higher wages. With this it was expected that the poor will be raised above the poverty line.

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