Effects and Government Schemes to Remove Poverty

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Effects of Poverty

Poverty affects the life of a poor family. 

A poor person is not able to take proper food & nutrition & his capacity to work reduces. Reduced capacity to work further reduces his income, making him poorer.

Children from poor families never get proper schooling & proper nutrition. They have to work to support their family & this destroys their childhood. 

Some of them may also involve in crimes like theft, murder, robbery, etc. 

A poor person remains uneducated & is forced to live under unhygienic conditions in slums. There are no proper sanitation & drinking water facility in slums & he falls ill often &  his health deteriorates. 

A poor person generally dies an early death. So, all social evils are related to poverty.

Government Schemes to Remove Poverty

The government of India took several measures to eradicate poverty from India. 

Some of them are – creating employment opportunities, controlling the population, etc. In India, about 60% of the population is still dependent on agriculture for its livelihood. The government has taken certain measures to promote agriculture in India. 

The government constructed certain dams & canals in our country to provide easy availability of water for irrigation. The government has also taken steps for the cheap availability of seeds & farming equipment to promote agriculture. 

The government is also promoting the farming of cash crops like cotton, instead of food crops. In cities, the government is promoting industrialization to create more jobs. 

The government has also opened  ‘Ration shops’. Other measures include providing free & compulsory education for children up to 14 years of age, scholarship to deserving students from a poor background, providing subsidized houses to poor people, etc.

Poverty is a social evil, we can also contribute to control it.

For example- we can simply donate old clothes to poor people, we can also sponsor the education of a poor child, or we can utilize our free time by teaching poor students. Remember before wasting food, somebody is still sleeping hungry.



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