BEST PPT ON POVERTY

1. POVERTY IN INDIA
By: Binay Priyadarsan Nayak
Roll No:- 116BT0038

2. CONTENT
What is Poverty
World Poverty Condition
Poverty In India
Control measures
What can we do

3. What is Poverty
Poverty is hunger.
Poverty is lack of shelter.
Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a
doctor.
Poverty is not having access to school and not
knowing how to read.
Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future,
living one day ata time.
Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by
unclean water.
Poverty is powerlessness, lack of
representation and freedom

4. World Poverty Condition

5. • According to UNICEF,22000 children die each day due to poverty.
• For the 1.9 billion children I developing world, there are:
640 million without adequate shelter(1 in 3)
400 million without no access to safe water(1 in 5)
270 million with no access to health services(1 in 7)
• Of the 500,000 women who die in child birth every year , 99% live in
developing countries . In other words a girl or a woman dies every minute
in giving birth.
• Nearly a billon people entered the 21st century are unable to read book or
sign their names.

7. WORLD BANK SCENARIO
According to World Bank
• Poverty is pronounced deprivation in well-being, and comprises
many dimensions. It includes low incomes and the inability to
acquire the basic goods and services necessary for survival with
dignity.
• Poverty also encompasses low levels of health and education, poor
access to clean water and sanitation, inadequate physical security,
lack of voice, and insufficient capacity and opportunity to better
one's life.

8. • The World Bank forecasts that 702.1 million people in 2015 , down
from 1.75 billion in 1990 are living in extreme poverty i.e. from
37.1% to 9.6%.
• In 2002 it is estimated that, given a poverty line of $1.25 a day 1.2
billion people lived in poverty.
• Another estimate places the true scale of poverty much higher than
the World Bank, with an estimated 4.3 billion people (59% of the
world's population) living with less than $5 a day and unable to meet
basic needs adequately.

9. POVERTY IN INDIA

10. • India is considered as one of the developing country despite the
growth and development of the Indian economy during the last
couple of decades , poverty is parallel increasing in absolute terms.
• India with 17.5% of total world's population, had 20.6% share of
world's poorest in 2011.
• The bare fact is that nearly 27.5% of India’s population still lives
below the poverty line , and 75% of this in rural areas.
• As of 2014, 58% of the total population were living on less than $3.10
per day.

12. India Poverty rate since 1993 based on World Bank $1.99 PPP poverty line.

13. Who comes in the category of the poorest
class in India?
• A survey suggests that 77% of poor people belongs to
Tribal community
Dalits
Labour class including farm workers in villages
Casual workers in cities

14. Where do the majority of poor live in India?
• 60% of the poor still reside in the states
of
Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh
and Uttarakhand

15. Poverty rate map of India by prevalence in 2012, among its states and union territories

16. Poverty in Rural areas
• More than 1billion people of India live in rural areas and 170 million
of them are below Poverty Line.
• Poverty is deepest among scheduled castes and tribes in the
country’s rural areas. 50% of members of scheduled tribes and 40%
of scheduled cast people belongs to poor people.

17. Main reason behind Rural Poverty
• Rapid Population growth
• Lack of capital
• Lack of literacy
• Large Families
• Increasing in price of goodss

18. Government’s Initiatives
• Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana(JGSY)
• Sampurna Gramin Rozgar Yojana
• National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
• Welfare Program for Population Control
• Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana(PMGY)
• Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
• Rural Housing Program

19. But Why all these failed?
• Corruption
• Politics

20. Urban Poverty
• As per the latest NSSO survey reports there are over 80 million poor people living int
he cities and towns.
• Over 61.80 million people are living in slums
• The urban poverty level is below 10% in states like Delhi , Goa and Punjab where as
43% in Bihar and 47% in Odisha and 40% in North east states.

21. Main reason behind Urban Poverty
• Slow job growth
• Migration of rural people towards cities
• Lack of housing facilities
• Public Distribution System (PDS)

22. Government’s Initiatives
• Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY)
• Self Employment to the educated urban Youth (SEEUY)
• Urban Basic Services for The Poor
• Prime Minister’s Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication
Program

23. Control Measures
• Create jobs
• Raise the minimum wage
• Invest in affordable, high-quality child care and early education
• Reduce the rate of interests of agricultural and small business Loans
• Agricultural Growth
• Public Distribution System (PDS)
• Direct Attack on Poverty: Special Employment Schemes for the Poor

24. What we can do
In our small way let’s don’t waste any resources the
fruit of hard earned tax payer’s money which might
better be used to eradicate the misery of others.
Let’s show that we do care and realize the dream of
seeing a poverty free India

26. Help a
Poor
And be
a human
because
they
need us.

27. References
• http://www.authorstream.com/purohit1323-1361306-poverty-in-india/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_India
• https://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/society/poverty-in-india-and-its-causes
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty
• https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/schemes
• https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/news/2014/09/17/97287/the-top-10-solutions-to-
cut-poverty-and-grow-the-middle-class/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_reduction
• http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/poverty/top-9-measures-to-reduce-poverty-in-india-explained/38388
• https://www.google.co.in/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&authuser=0
• Facets of Indian Poverty By K. L. Datta / Savita Sharma
• The Poverty and Inequality (PathWay magazine 2016 edition)