Explain the two main planks on which the current anti poverty strategy of government is based
The current anti-poverty strategy of the government is based broadly on two planks:
(1) Promotion of economic growth: Over a period lasting up to the early eighties, there were little per capita income and official poverty estimates which were about 45 per cent. Since the eighties, India’s economic growth has been one of the fastest in the world. Economic growth widens opportunities and provides the resources needed to invest in human development, send their children, including the girl child, to schools in the hope of getting better economic returns from investing in education.
(2) Targeted anti-poverty programmes: like National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) 2005, National Food for Work Programme (NFWP), 2004 and Prime Minister Rozgar Yozana (PMRY) 1993 etc.
(2) Targeted anti-poverty programmes: like National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) 2005, National Food for Work Programme (NFWP), 2004 and Prime Minister Rozgar Yozana (PMRY) 1993 etc.