NCERT – CBSE – Social Science Economics - Class 9 PPT on Poverty as a Challenge, Slides of Political studies

Download NCERT – CBSE – Social Science Economics - Class 9 PPT on Poverty as a Challenge and more Slides Political studies in PDF only on Docsity! CLASS IX SOCIAL SCIENCE(ECONOMICS) Poverty as a Challenge Story of Ram Saran • Thirty-three year old Ram Saran works as a daily-wage labourer in a wheat flour mill near Ranchi in Jharkhand.He manages to earn around Rs 1,500 a month • He has to send money home to his old parents who live in a village near Ramgarh. • Ram Saran lives in a one-room rented house in a crowded basti in the outskirts of the city. • His wife Santa Devi, works as a part time maid in a few houses and manages to earn another Rs 800. • His elder son works as a helper in a tea shop to supplement the family income and earns another Rs 300 • his 10- • year-old daughter takes care of the younger siblings. • He had to start earning when he was 10 years old. • His father a TB patient, passed away two years ago due to lack of medication. His mother now suffers from the same disease and life is slowly ebbing away Introduction 1.They show that poverty means hunger and lack of shelter. 2.Poverty also means lack of clean water and sanitation facilities. 3.Poor people are in a situation in which they are ill-treated at almost every place 4.It also means lack of a regular job at a minimum decent level. Vulnerabilit y • Vulnerability to poverty is a measure, which describes the greater probability of certain communities (say, members of a backward caste) or individuals (such as a widow or a physically handicapped person) of becoming, or remaining, poor in the coming years. Year 973-74 1993-94 1999-00 Table 3.1: Estimates of Poverty in India Poverty rato (1 Rural ae Combined | Rural Urban Number of poor (in milion Combined Source: Economic Survey 2002-08, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, oo a o =o a. = o a bt o o. 100 person from the category — jw = = A. i Number of poor out of every Graph 3.1: Poverty in India 2000: Most Vulnerable Groups 51 Scheduled tribes 50 Urban casual Rural agriculture © Scheduled Average Indian labourers labourers castes poverty ratio Social Groups and Economic Categories Graph 3.2: Poverty Ratio in Selected Indian States, 1999-2000 f "Cea Fe i ey SA a, “me, 7 ep bn, Po, oj 8 oe Sy em Pe ee ey 3 a gy ¢ < ¢ ’ : - a yy < i a ee aie ree oy eee = Re Vy oy a oe sad = SSS ZL a wt eee, a o a SSE eS i ys eee ey ca oe gt as ON ees sss Ss by ea ae ZEEE rT rT ¥ T r T “o> S19 Cit Gib a ib oS 1s S&S Ve i ee | ea al out AVroaAacd mojpoq ejdood jo ase .uUe.194 Sydood jo ase VUe.194 Sydoed jo ase ]USO134 é y , Anti-Poverty Measures • The current anti-poverty strategy of the government is based broadly on two planks (1) promotion of economic growth (2) targeted anti-poverty programmes. Anti-Poverty Measures by the Government • National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) 2005 • National Food for Work Programme (NFWP), which was launched in 2004 • Prime Minister Rozgar Yozana (PMRY) is another scheme which was started in 1993. • Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) was launched in 1995. • Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was launched in 1999. • Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yozana (PMGY) launched in 2000 • Antyodaya Anna Yozana (AAY) The Challenges Ahead • challenges that still remain: providing health care, education and job security for all, and achieving gender equality and dignity for the poor. These will be even bigger tasks.