Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Economics, School of Economics, M. K. University, Madurai-625 021, India
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Impact of Public Works Programmes: A Strategy for Poverty Alleviation in India
Author(s): Seenivasan R*
Poverty alleviation has been an overarching goal of India’s development efforts since its Independence. In pursuing this objective, the planning process in the country has devised several interventions, often successful but sometimes overlapping. The Government of India, deeply concerned with widespread poverty, has implemented several anti-poverty schemes. These schemes have given thrust on creating adequate livelihood opportunities for the marginalised segments of the population, provisioning of public services and goods for improving standard and quality of life, strengthening of institutions and delivery mechanisms to empower the poor and targeted development of backward regions through resource transfers and supportive policy measures. To ensure inclusive growth, the emphasis on having a more desirable composition of gross domestic product (GDP) growth by targeting an avera.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2168-9601.2021.10.342
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