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Presented by: Satprit HanspalMBA (SEM 1)
Section B
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What is poverty?
Poverty is the lack of basic necessities
that all human beings must have:
food and water, shelter, education, medical
care, security, etc. A multi-dimensional
issue, poverty exceeds all social, economic,
and political boundaries.
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42% of India falls below the InternationalPoverty Line of $1.25 a day (PurchasingPower Parity, in nominal terms Rs. 21.6 a dayin urban areas and Rs 14.3 in rural areas);
Of these
A quarter do not have adequate housing..
A fifth have no access to modern health services
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WHY
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Non income-based measures
HealthInfant mortality figures are higher for poor than rich
households
Difficult because this requires a system for registration of
births and deaths
EducationNet primary school enrolment rateRatio of enrolled primary-school-age children to all
primary-school-age children.
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... In 1997 the richest fifth of the
Indias population had 74 times theincome of the poorest fifth.
..The top three billionaires haveassets greater than the combined
GNP of all least developed countriesand their 600 million people.
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TradeIndia loses out through unfair trade
agreements, lack of technology andinvestment, and rapidly changing prices
for their goods.
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War or conflict
When a country is at war (including civil war
basic services like education are disrupted.People leave their homes as refugees. Crops are
destroyed.
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Debt
A country like India has to pay interest on
the debts. This means the country cannot afford
to spend enough on basic services like health
and education; nor on things like transport or
communications that might attract investment.
LandIf you have land you can grow your own
food. But many people in the country have had
their land taken over by large businesses, oftento grow crops for export.
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Food and educationAffordable, secure food supplies are vital.
Malnutrition causes severe health problems,
and can also affect education. Without
education it is difficult to escape from poverty.
This becomes a vicious circle people who
live in poverty cannot afford to send theirchildren to school.
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GenderWhen we measure poverty we find
differences between the level experienced by
men or boys, and women or girls. Women maybe disadvantaged through lack of access to
education; in some countries they are not allowed
to own or inherit land; they are less well paid thanmen.
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Poverty Targets:
2015 poverty targets
Members of the Organisation for Co-operation andDevelopment (MOCD) agreed these after the 1995
Copenhagen summit. They aim to reduce poverty in a
country like India by at least one half by 2015.
20/20 initiative
At the same summit some governments agreed
that 20% of aid and 20% of the budget of the developingcountry receiving that aid would be spent on basic
services.
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Aid
The aid that any poor person gets from the
government should not be spent on unproductivesectors. Instead it should be utilised for fulfilling
their basic needs.
Fair trade
Fair trade guarantees higher, more stable prices for
third world producers. Look out for products with a
Fair trade Mark.
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1. Government has propounded various self employmentschemes which needs to be implemented properly andeffectively.
2. As said earlier, 20% of the governments earnings
should be used to fulfill the basic necessities of thepoor people.
3. Obtaining primary education is the birth right of eachand every child and under the program called Sarva
Siksha Abhiyan it is seen that poor children get theireducation properly. Only then will they be able tosupport their family in the future.
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Government Policy andProgramme towards PovertyReduction
Self Employment Programme
=Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
Synergy and Convergence of (IRDP, TRYSEM,DWCRA and MWS)
=Wage Employment Programme
=Jawahar Gram Samiti Yojana (JGSY)
=Employment Assurance Scheme
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Indias GDP rate is increasing at a stable rateof about 8.8% and it needs to be maintainedto curb the poverty rate.
Education centers should be increased.Prices of basic commodities should be
controlled by the Government.Lastly, every individual should promote
charities so that atleast basic necessities canbe made available to the poor.
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