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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                  SESSION 2020-21
                                                       CLASS-IX

                            ECONOMICS- CHAPTER-3 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE

                                                   LESSON NOTES
                                                     SUB TOPIC-7
                                   Anti-poverty measures and challenges ahead




               The current anti-poverty scheme is divided into two parts.

                     Promotion of economic growth
                     Targeted anti-poverty programmes

               Since the eighties, India’s economic growth has been one of the fastest in the world.
               There is a strong link between economic growth and poverty reduction.


               Some of the schemes which are formulated to affect poverty directly or indirectly are:

                   1)  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 – It aimed
                       to provide 100 days of wage employment to every household to ensure
                       livelihood security in rural areas. It also aimed at sustainable development to
                       address the cause of drought, deforestation and soil erosion. One-third of the
                       proposed jobs have been reserved for women.
                   2)  In 1993, Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) was started. The main aim of
                       the programme is to create self-employment opportunities for educated
                       unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns.
                   3)  In 1995, Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) was launched.
                       The aim of the programme is to create self-employment opportunities in rural
                       areas and small towns.
                   4)  In 1999, Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was launched. The
                       programme aims at bringing the assisted poor families above the poverty line
                       by organising them into self-help groups, through a mix of bank credit and
                       government subsidy.
                   5)  In 2000, the Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY) was launched.
                       Under this programme, additional central assistance is given to states for
                       basic services such as primary health, primary education, rural shelter, rural
                       drinking water and rural electrification.




               The Challenges Ahead


               In India, Poverty has certainly declined in India, but it still remains India’s most
               compelling challenge. Poverty reduction is expected to make better progress in the
               next ten to fifteen years. This can be achieved by higher economic growth,
               increasing stress on universal free elementary education, declining population
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