poverty
Problem of Poverty
Poverty is defines as inadequate supply of items that are essential to live a healthy and comfortable life. In the western developed countries some people are poor not because they lack food, clothing or shelter but because he may not have car, TV, computers, pressure cooker etc. But in India, poor people means those who do not get two square meals a day, they sleep on others pavements and live bare bodied and bare footed.
Steps taken to Alleviate Poverty
As the number of poor people in India go up to 400 million, which is equivalent to about one-third of the world’s poor population, Government of India have undertaken a large number of steps for reduction or abolition of poverty.
Gramin Bank: The nationalized commercial banks do not offer loan to poor people because they do not have the capacity to repay. So a new type of Bank e.g. Gramin Bank which offers loan or micro credit to the farmers and labors has been set up.
Primary school, Technical School, development of skill like Welding, Carpentry, Black Smithy, etc to be set up.
Poverty Eradication Schemes (Garibi Hatao): There have been more than 10 such schemes like Employment Guarantee Scheme, PMRY, Rural Employment Scheme, old age pension scheme etc.
India today has a population of around1200 million which is second to China which has a slightly higher population of nearly 1400 million. There is a club called “Billionaire’s Club” i.e., 1000 million or 100 crores of people of which only two members are there e.g. China and India.
In India we have by democratic methods accepted a policy of “Hum do, hamare do”.
Causes
Indian soil is fertile, so are Indian men and women, these are families which have five, six, ten even up to twenty children. With such a potential for huge population India, in the recent or even in the remote past, has not fully realized the importance of controlling the population, nor did our country felt the danger of such population. The ancient Hindu
Poverty is defines as inadequate supply of items that are essential to live a healthy and comfortable life. In the western developed countries some people are poor not because they lack food, clothing or shelter but because he may not have car, TV, computers, pressure cooker etc. But in India, poor people means those who do not get two square meals a day, they sleep on others pavements and live bare bodied and bare footed.
Steps taken to Alleviate Poverty
As the number of poor people in India go up to 400 million, which is equivalent to about one-third of the world’s poor population, Government of India have undertaken a large number of steps for reduction or abolition of poverty.
Gramin Bank: The nationalized commercial banks do not offer loan to poor people because they do not have the capacity to repay. So a new type of Bank e.g. Gramin Bank which offers loan or micro credit to the farmers and labors has been set up.
Primary school, Technical School, development of skill like Welding, Carpentry, Black Smithy, etc to be set up.
Poverty Eradication Schemes (Garibi Hatao): There have been more than 10 such schemes like Employment Guarantee Scheme, PMRY, Rural Employment Scheme, old age pension scheme etc.
India today has a population of around1200 million which is second to China which has a slightly higher population of nearly 1400 million. There is a club called “Billionaire’s Club” i.e., 1000 million or 100 crores of people of which only two members are there e.g. China and India.
In India we have by democratic methods accepted a policy of “Hum do, hamare do”.
Causes
Indian soil is fertile, so are Indian men and women, these are families which have five, six, ten even up to twenty children. With such a potential for huge population India, in the recent or even in the remote past, has not fully realized the importance of controlling the population, nor did our country felt the danger of such population. The ancient Hindu