Anti-Poverty Measures

Anti-Poverty Measures

The current anti-poverty measures are targetted at two planks, viz. promotion of economic growth and anti-poverty programmes.

Since 1980s, India’s economic growth has been one of the fastest in the world. The growth rate used to be 3.5% in the earlier decades. It increased to 6% during 1980s and 1990s. Higher growth rate has helped in generating employment and increasing income of the people.