In all countries of the world there is always some part of population is poor either in small or large amount…

But in India, the poverty figure is quite large…

After Independence many committees are appointed by the government to measure the poverty in India.

In 1950 National Sample survey organisation (NSSO) was set up by the India Statistical Institute on behalf of the Govt to conduct large scale sample surveys throughout India.

In 2014, the Rangarajan Committee said that the population below the  poverty line was 454 million (38.2% of the population) in 2009-2010 and was 363 million (29.5% of the population) in 2011–2012 by taking poverty line as Rs.47 per person per day in urban area and Rs. 32 per person per day in rural area.

According to the World Bank Poverty headcount ratio at $ 1.90 a day on PPP in 2011 was 32.8% of the population and Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio was 42.1% of the population in 2011

The government has launched so many schemes for poverty alleviation such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rozgar Guarantee Act (MNREGA), Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) etc but the poverty figure declining rate is very slow…

In PMAY the Government gives grant of 1.2 lakhs INR grant to build house for the homeless people. This scheme was launched in 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

In MNREGA, the government provide guarantee of minimum 100 days employment to unemployed people… This scheme was launched in 2005 by UPA govt Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh…

AAY was launched in 2000 for one crore poorest of poor families… AAY card is given to Below poverty line families on which they get 35 kilogram of food grain…

Due to capitalisation the Government jobs are reduced and the gap in rich and poor are increasing because the main goal of private sector is to gain more and more profit by exploiting the labour and the government jobs are the only way in India for a middle class people to get out of poverty…

 Caste and religion politics are also the reason behind the poverty issues the political parties divide people on the basis of caste and religion for their own profit and divert people from development issue…

Population issue is the another major factor behind the poverty in India…

The major goal of government should first focus to abolish poverty if the they want to make India a developed nation…