satprit 007 inclusive growth poverty

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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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