Following measures have been taken by the Government to remove poverty under five year plan:
1. Integrated rural development programme:
With a view to remove poverty in rural areas and making provision for full employment under this programme, attempts are being made to provide more employment by developing agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, small scale, and cottage industries etc.,
2. Jawahar Rozsar Yojana:
It was launched in 1989. Its aim was to provide employment to at least one member of a IPUC Economics INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT rural poor family for 50 to 100 days in a year.
3. Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana (JGSY):
It was launched on 1st April 1999.
It has two main objectives:
1. Creation of durable productive community assets at the village level.
2. Generation of supplementary employment for the unemployed poor in rural areas.
4. Swarnaiavanthi Gram Swaroiear Yoiana (SGST):
It was started on 1st April 1999. Its aims are:
Focussed approach to poverty alleviation.
Capitalising advantages of group lending
Overcoming the problems.
5. Employment Assurance Scheme:
The programme is presently being implemented in all rural blocks.
Creation of additional wage employment opportunities during the period of acute shortage for the rural poor living below the poverty line.
Creation of durable community, social and economic assets for sustained economic development.
6. Pradhan Mantri Gramodava Yojana (PMGY):
It was introduced in 2000-2001 focussing on village development in five critical areas, health, primary education, drinking water, housing and rural roads with the objectives of improving the quality of life or people in the rural areas.
7. Sampoorna Grameen Roisar Yojana (SGRY):
The scheme aims at providing wage employment in rural areas as also food, security, creation durable, community, social and economic assets.
8. Grameena Roisar Guarantee Scheme:
It was launched in February 2005 to provide work for 100 days a year in rural areas.
