Akshay AgrawalAIR 43 · CSE 2018 · 259 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a definition
Poverty is broadly defined as deprivation of several material possession and it's multidimensional. In order to fight the many dimensions of poverty, government has undertaken many measures, broadly categorised as:
Body · points
(I) Sustained Rapid Growth
• Sustained rapid growth is possible if agricultural growth picks up. For this government took many measures including, Green Revolution, White revolution, PM Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, fertiliser subsidy programmes, etc.
• Increasing employment opportunities for people through measures like Skill India, Start up India, Make in India, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
• Financial inclusion of all in order to expand credit availability to all sections for rapid business expansion. • Recent initiative like GST which will accelerate GDP growth.
(II) Anti-Poverty Measures:
• Food security: National Food Security Act (2013) legalising food security for people of the country covers almost 75% of rural and 50% of urban population.
• Education: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Midday meal schemes, etc.
• Health: National Health Protection scheme recently.
• Employment: through MGNREGA, etc.
• Housing for All scheme for shelter to the poor.
These measures can be improved further by:
• Having community involvement in planning and implementing the schemes.
• Ensuring 'outcomes', not 'outputs'.
• Social audits of these measures be introduced, as recommended by Ramachandran committee.
• Women empowerment is must to fight widespread poverty.
Close · a way forward
The dream of 'New India' can be fulfilled if we work towards eliminating poverty and reducing income inequalities amongst people. All sections of the society must be a part of development process and government must ensure this by acting quickly & responsively.
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