Government Policy

Measures to Reduce
Poverty
By Shruti
Poverty
Poverty is about not having enough money
to meet basic needs including food, clothing
and shelter. It includes absolute poverty and
relative poverty.
Encouraging more MNCs to set up
in the country

01
The opening up of new firms in the country
should create more employment
opportunities

02
As more people are employed and increase
their disposable income, poverty reduces
Providing benefits or more
generous state benefits

The elderly, sick, and State benefits can While it may raise
disabled may not be help them avoid living standards and
able to work and may absolute poverty reduce
not have any savings unemployment, it
to support them could reduce the
incentive to work
Land reform
01 02
Many agricultural Those who rent/lease
workers work on land land may be reluctant to
owned by rich improve the fertility of
landowners the land

03
Making ownership of land more equal may
increase output and living standards
Measures to reduce poverty
Commonwealth
Financial Counselling
Helps people in personal
financial difficulty to address
their financial problems,
manage debt and make
informed choices about
their money in the future.
Pradhan Mantri Shram
Yogi Maan-Dhan (PM-SYM)
It is a central government
scheme that is introduced
for old age protection and
social security of
Unorganised Workers (UW)
Q. Analyse possible government policy
measures to reduce poverty (6)
Thank you