Junaid AhmadAIR 3 · CSE 2018 · 180 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening
Poverty is a major reason for many evils and social issues in the country. Financial incentives could help in shaping attitude towards these issues.
Body · points
- [Women] - Issue of gender discrimination, dowry, female foeticide are prevalent in society.
- Incentives like schemes of West Bengal Kanyashree which got award from UN helped in changing perception towards girl child.
- Money for education and other purpose increased girls ratio in education.
- Janni suraksha yojana with incentive of ₹1600 for institutional delivery increased the percentage of ID to 79% in country.
(b) Open defecation - More than 50% of people defecate in open. Swachh bharat initiative with focus on building toilets with a financial incentive helped in changing people attitude towards the issue.
(c) Clean cooking fuel
Close · a summary
More than 5 lakh people die out of asphyxiation due to polluted air in houses. PMUY where LPG cylinders were distributed with a subsidy of ₹1800 helped in transition to such thing. Thus financial incentive act as a catalyst which should be used in a positive way to bring in socio-economic changes in society.