Poverty Analysis in India: Policies to Reduce Poverty

Despite the corruption involved in dispersing of funds in poverty alleviating programs, the Government, the World Bank and the U.S. are helping India eradicate poverty through dispersing funds to build the economy, battle disease and also improve infrastructure. Corruption can occur through bribes and red tape from low level government levels to high levels. Even though there is corruption detected by politicians and bureaucrats. The Government of India has presented strategies to alleviate poverty through subsidies and other programs to help the rural poor. The Government offered programs like the Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP), Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment and Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) has helped the rural population below the poverty line to get training and reach out of poverty and also increase their source of income. Also the U.S. has made priorities in partnership to help form economic and social policy. Initiatives like removal of tariffs and other non tariff barriers and promoting technology exchange, in agriculture, biotechnology and nanotechnology can help shape and improve both the U.S. and Indian economies. Another initiative that can help Indian labour force is skills development. By training and educating people in the right fields this can have both countries exchange people for contract work. A major helper to India is another external entity known as the World Bank. The World Bank has 6 development regimes it wants to focus in helping India and they are hydropower, malnutrition, women’s and children’s health, water, transportation and the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP). The Government of India, the World Bank and U.S. are giving a hand to the poor so they can work and try to get out of poverty and also receive basic healthcare needs.

Corruption in Government in a democratic nation can highly be a problem. When funds are granted to fight poverty and improve the lives of the poor,

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