Explain the measures that can be adopted by poverty alleviation.

Poverty is the main cause of unemployment and backwardness in the Indian economy. Prevention of poverty is very essential for the Indian economy.

Measures

• Promote education

Quality education empowers people to take advantage of opportunities around them. It helps children get knowledge, information and life skills they need to realize their potential. Training teachers, building schools, providing education materials and breaking down that prevent children from accessing education are important features of poverty alleviation programmes. When the education is being increased then the quality of labour will be enhanced, and economic development can be achieved. By increasing health care also, poverty can be removed by enhancing the skills of the poor. Improved health care facility will increase the standard of living also which will contributes to the welfare of the economy.

• Increased employment opportunity.

Unemployment is the main cause of poverty. When there is massive unemployment, the economy will be facing the poverty. They both like twin blade scissors which will contribute to the backwardness of the economy. Increases in employment without increases in productivity leads to a rise in the number of "working poor," which is why some experts are now promoting the creation of "quality" and not "quantity" in labour market policies. This can be removed by employing people where the labour is needed in abundance. For reduction of poverty growth of non-farm employ �ment in the rural areas is of special importance. Non-farm employment is created in marketing (i.e., petty trade), transportation, handicrafts, dairying, and forestry, processing of food and other agricultural products, repair workshops.

• Population control

India is a second most populated country in the world. After the independence, the propagation of the health services decreased rapidly in mortality rate, but the expected improvement did not improve. Due to a massive difference between birth rate and death rate the population increased rapidly in the economy. Due to a greater increase in the population, the wealth distribution process becomes very difficult. The distribution limited wealth to the large volume of people that to with limited resources makes the process very much difficult. Therefore control of the population is very much essential for poverty eradication.