Government provides people with basic food items and necessities at subsidised price through Public Distribution System(PDS) DETAILED ANALYSIS OF PDS History 1940 – Bengal Famine 1962 – Chinese war…food subsidy 1970 –... Read more »
#FAO defines malnutrition as “when a population is denied of dietary intake for a prolonged period” #chronic malnutrition is said to be hunger… #Hidden hunger : lack of micro nutrition : India’s... Read more »
NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD MISSION – (Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Andyodaya Yojana – AJEEVIKA – DDUAY) Focus on self employment generation in rural areas through institutions such as SHGs IRDP(1999) -> NRLM -> DDUAY ... Read more »
India is moving away from assistive to participatory development Schemes such as MGNREGA and National Livelihood Mission(Rural and Urban) focuses on this…. MGNREGA Launched as food for work programme in 2004 It... Read more »
Financing is done through National Social Assistance Programme(NSAP) >Inthis programme District collector is the Authority NSAP vaious components National old age pension scheme : 60-79 age group National widow pension scheme :... Read more »
Assistive development can be catogarised into Infrastructure and Financing Infrastructure has two components – Bharath Nirman scheme and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission BHARATH NIRMAN Bharath Nirman scheme focuses on Rural... Read more »
Geograhical Distribution India 66%of India’s population is poor placed in mainly 7 states – Chattisgarh, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, UP and Jharghand (CABMOUJ) Poverty is highest amoung amoung SC,ST Farm Labourers,Daliths... Read more »
POVERTY IN INDIA Poverty is a significant issue in India, From late 19th century through early 20th century, under British colonial rule, poverty in India intensified, peaking in the 1920s.Famines and diseases... Read more »
WHAT IS POVERTY ??? World Bank definition :” social phenominon in which a section of society is unable to fullfill their basic needs…” People can be said to be in poverty when... Read more »
PHARMACUITICAL INDUSTRY IN INDIA Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India(PEPCI) Report says #Global Pharma market size in the calendar year 2016 is estimated at $1100 billion as per IMS with a very... Read more »