By

 Meghana k,Meghana J,Sruti,

 Karthik Naga, Aditya, Piyush
 INTRODUCTION
 One-third of India's population (roughly
equivalent to the entire population of the
United States) lives below the poverty
line
 India is home to one-third of the world's
poor people.
 Though the middle class has gained from
recent economic devolopement as a
whole India suffers from substantial
poverty.
 Poverty in India
 According to the new World Bank's estimates on
poverty based on 2005 data, India has 456
million people, 41.6% of its population, living
below the new international poverty line of $1.25
per day

 The World Bank further estimates that 33% of

the global poor now reside in India.

 Moreover, India also has 828 million people, or

75.6% of the population living below $2 a day,
compared to 72.2% for Sub-Saharan Africa
 ? WHY POVERTY ?

? High level of dependence on primitive methods of

agriculture
? 75 per cent of Indian population depends on
agriculture whereas the contribution of agriculture to
the GDP was 22 percent
? High level of inequality arising from rural-urban
divide
? High population growth rate
? Unemployment and under-employment
? Low Illiteracy, about 35 percent of adult population
 Poverty- geographical profile

Poverty in India Central

(in Million) 1990s 2000
North
Poor 320 260
% Population 36 19 East

West 1999-00
Who will feed India ? 1983-84
– small and marginal farmers South

0 20 40 60
% of population below poverty line
Millions of poor, malnourished and
food insecure population cannot be
the foot soldiers fighting the
cause of sustainable agriculture
Affects of poverty
Health/Well-being
Children born into poverty are more likely to have
a lower birth weight, high infant mortality and
poorer health than better off children.

Housing and Homelessness

Conditions such as homelessness and chronic over-
crowding significantly impact upon a child’s
physical, mental and social development and well-
being. Dampness, mould and condensation can
cause a range of illnesses such as asthma and
allergies.
Debt
People on low incomes often experience debt. A
third of households with incomes of less than
Rs2,00,000 a year have problems with debt. Costs
of debt repayments often result in families going
without essential items. Other costs of debt are
those incurred on health, relationships and quality
of life.
Educational attainment
The correlations between poverty, social class and
poor educational experience and attainment have
been clearly established. Poverty affects the
likelihood of progressing through school to attain
formal educational qualifications.
Crime
The areas most affected by crime and poor
investment in infrastructure are the very areas
where the poorest children live and are brought
up.
Participation
Poverty impacts
 the opportunities for children and young people
to participate fully in their communities to
engage in social activities
 their education and training and transitions to
independence.
 Children and young people living in poor
households and their families often experience
difficulties in accessing and benefiting from
services.
 Vulnerability- Poor population
Poor children /youth and population are
vulnerable to one or more of the following
 Poor health often leading to malnutrition and
death
 Adopt demeaning professions like begging and
rag pickers etc
 More vulnerable to natural disasters like
floods, drought and earthquakes etc.
 Graft, bribery and corruption.
 Crime due to insufficiant wealth and get
attracted to antisocial activities like
theft,robbery,murders etc
 Fall prey to anti national activities like
extremism / terrorism / naxalism
 mitigation
Achieving economic development and the
alleviation of poverty is very important
 well-informed political leadership with a
sustained capacity for promptly legislating
appropriate policies and efficiently executing
public investments that have a high payoff

 availability of suitable physical and

informational infrastructure and a skilled
workforce
 capacity for attracting foreign investment,
especially those with large footprint in
terms of synergies with local
informational industry
 a global economic ethos as a driver for
policy formation
 an entrepreneurial culture
 the presence of a vigorous not-for-profit
organizations.
 Government Programmes towards
Poverty Reduction
• Self Employment Programme
 Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
 Wage Employment Programme
 Jawahar Gram Samiti Yojana (JGSY)
 Employment Assurance Scheme
• National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
• Infrastructure Development Programme
 Indira Awas Yojana
 Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana
 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
 Rural Electrification
• National Social Assistance Programme
 National Maternity Benefits Scheme
 National Old Age Pension Scheme
 Annapurna
 Alleviation of poverty
Strategic measures to raise rural productivity
 launch large-scale infrastructure construction
 establishing agric-technology extension service
network basically covering the whole country
 setting up national rural cooperative credit system and their
efficient functioning
 pushing forward rapid development of rural fundamental
education and basic medical care
 preliminarily setting up rural social security system with
focus on community’s devolpemental system and
assistance to rural extremely poor people.
 CONCLUSION
 Poverty is the single most cause of misery
and sadness in the world
 Hunger, malnutrition and susceptibility of
poor to natural disasters make them take
up anti national and anti social activities
 It is the duty of the governments in
particular and all citizens in general to try
their best to alleviate poverty to establish
harmony and peace in the societies and in
the world.