Contents

• Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JSY)
• National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS)
• National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)
• National Maternity Benefit Scheme.
• Annapurna.
• Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP)
• Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana.
• References.

What are the main Programmes for poverty alleviation?

Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) The Urban Self Employment Programme and the Urban Wage Employment Programme are the two special components of the SJSRY, which, in December 1997, substituted for various extant programmes implemented for urban poverty alleviation.

Why is poverty alleviation necessary?

Poverty alleviation also involves improving the living conditions of people who are already poor. Aid, particularly in the medical and scientific areas, is essential in providing better lives, such as the Green Revolution and the eradication of smallpox.

What are the reasons for ineffectiveness of poverty alleviation Programmes?

(i) One of the major reasons for less effectiveness is the lack of proper implementation and right targeting. (ii) Moreover, there has been a lot of overlapping of schemes. (iii) Despite good intentions, the benefits of these schemes do not reach the deserving poor completely.

What are the major features of poverty class 9?

Poverty when looked through other social indicators like illiteracy level, lack of general resistance due to malnutrition, lack of access to healthcare, lack of job opportunities, lack of access to safe drinking water, sanitation etc.

What are the main causes of poverty class 9?

What are the causes of poverty? Explain in at least 5 points

1. Increase rate of rising population:
2. Less productivity in agriculture:
3. Less utilization of resources:
4. A short rate of economic development:
5. Increasing price rise:
6. Unemployment:
7. Shortage of capital and able entrepreneurship:
8. Social factors:

Why is it important to study poverty alleviation?

Poverty alleviation programmes are very important to eradicating poverty. It is view of the significant role poverty alleviation programmes and micro-finance scheme plays in eradicating poverty that this study is carried out to examine the impact assessment of poverty alleviation programmes in Akwa Ibom state.

Why are poverty alleviation schemes not successful in India?

Poverty alleviation programmes are not successful across India and the main reasons are the lack of proper implementation, right targeting and overlapping of schemes. Every year more number of people has been added to population pool in India so that the scheme becomes ineffective.

How are development projects aimed at reducing poverty?

Development projects and poverty alleviation programmes all over the world are predominantly aimed at reducing poverty of the poor and vulnerable communities through various participatory and community-demand-driven approaches [7,8].

Why is generation of employment important in poverty alleviation?

The generation of employment is important in poverty alleviation because of the following reasons: It will increase the income level of the poor household families and will help in reducing the rate of poverty in the country. Hence, there is a significant relationship between unemployment and poverty.