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On The Measurement of Poverty Eradication

Author(s) Ms. Pratishtha Pandey
Country India
Abstract Before 18th century it was supposed that poverty is a malediction given by the omnipotent but later it was put in place that poverty is fabricated due to mortal conditions and can be compounded or refined with the passage of time depending upon the lifestyle and working of the person. It is said that if you are born poor is not your fault but if you die poor is completely your fault.
To exemplify poor, the people who have few or no assets or people who do not have two meals a day and suffer from undernourishment, ailments, disability, high mortality. People who lack literacy and skills and those who have no access to clean drinking water are some of the traits of poor which is directly or indirectly caused by illiteracy, population explosion, unstable employment, insufficient health facilities etc.
To facilitate the poor of the economy and to provide assistance to the rural poor and urban poor, The government of India has always been taken better initiatives to protect the interest of the countries under privileged and deprived population through providing tax concession or food security programs and skill – development and wage employment programs.
Despite of the fact that the involvement of the government of India has always worked to reduce the head count ratio either by launching various programs like Minimum Needs Programs or providing proper nutritious meal of Rs. 8 through Indira Rasoi but considering the data released by Global Multidisciplinary Poverty Index 2022 reported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), India is a country that has the largest number of poor worldwide at 22.8 crore followed by Nigeria that has 9.6 crore of poor people.
Nevertheless, poverty alleviation programs have benefitted the people of the country by providing them food, work or scholarship to the students and around 415 million people jumped out of poverty from 2005-06 to 2019-20 but still as per the data of world bank 80% or Indian people live under 2$ spending in a day.
Keywords poverty, food security, skill development, head count ratio
Field Sociology > Economics
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-05-31
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.44646
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9m2gd

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