2. INTRODUCTION
Lack of basic necessities, that is termed as ‘Poverty’. It can be further
explained that the condition where which the people are not even getting the
basic needs required for the survival.
Poverty also encompasses low levels of health and education, poor
access to clean water and sanitation, inadequate physical security, lack of
nutrition, and insufficient capacity and opportunity to better one’s life.
Major Causes for poverty are,
1) High Population
2) Illiteracy
3) Unemployment
4) low productivity in agriculture
3. EFFECTS
Lagging in Economic Development
High starvation death rate
Social Immorality
Corruption
Wide spread of disease
Some of the major effects are listed above. If this persists, it will be
challenging to overcome poverty in India. Apart from these, poverty causes
some other problems like women and child abuse.
5. The percentage of the population living below the poverty line in
India decreased to 22% in 2011-12 from 37% in 2004-05.
6. Top states achieved maximum decrease between 2004-05 & 2011-12
State
Percentage Decrease
Tripura
26.5
Odisha
24.6
States where poverty level increased between 2004-05 & 2011-12
State
Percentage Increase
Nagaland
9.9
Mizoram
5.1
9. Control Measures:
Poverty is exactly a trap, it nearly impossible to come out of it by
struggling as a single warrior on the battle field.
The Key concepts to increase the standards of people are,
Employment Generation:
Creating employment opportunities
considerably reduce poverty in level.
and
classified
wages
will
Educating the People:
Using reservations based on their locality and income instead of caste
based reservation.
Good education will keep the next generation away from poverty.
Obviously, poverty level will reduce in future.
10. Complete use of Resources:
Increase in output per hectare in agriculture will reduce the poverty
level because at present mostly farmers suffer in poverty.
11. Micro financing:
Providing finance to start up small business and there by increasing
the life standard of people.
Self sustaining market:
Any country want to stay away from poverty the country should be
almost self-sustained. It should not depend on other countries for its
development.
Taxation module:
Different taxing module has to be used to charge rich and poor.
It will help in eradicating the poverty in nation.
Nutrition:
Supply of nutrition by the government to the needy and providing
medical support.
12. Person (X)
Person (X)
in poverty
in poverty
Government
helps in earning
Person (Y)
Person (Y)
Child of (X)
Child of (X)
Government helps
in education
Good SocioGood Socioeconomic condition
economic condition
X is out of
poverty
Pays tax to
government
Developed
Developed
Nation
Nation
Becomes Entrepreneur and helps in
development of nation
High standard Life
High standard Life
style
style