Leakages in India's Poverty Alleviation Program

The road out of poverty is rarely a smooth, one-way street. Many people rise above the poverty line only to tumble back below it📉

Some of the leakages in India's Poverty Alleviation Programmes are-

- Insufficient allocation to programmes when compared to the magnitude of Poverty in India.

- Fiscal crisis faced by Government resulting in lower spending on social sectors.

- Focus on IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION rather than creating sustainable employment opportunity.

- Less dispersed agricultural growth.

- Targeted public distribution system unable to reach the poorest.

- Procedure to avail benefits involves the production of several documents, certificates and proofs.

- Rigidity and Non-adaptability to Local Conditions.

- A Decline in Employment Intensity.

- Inactive Social Intermediation (Self Help Groups)

- Lack of awareness about Welfare Schemes and available Legal remedies.

- Funds went in the pockets of corruption, middlemen, etc.

Despite reducing poverty from 55% (1973-74) to around 21% (2019-20), India cannot entirely eradicate poverty without addressing Chronic Poverty and its Reasons.

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