What are the main poverty alleviation …

Pradhan Mantri Sadak Yojna
PMGSY launched on 25th December 2002 was a fully Central Sponsored Scheme. The objective of this scheme was to construct roads connecting the rural and urban centres through quality roads. This generated employment for rural labourers and lead to infrastructure development.

Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojna
Launched in 1999, JGSY aimed at creating demand-driven infrastructure in the village, for the use of village community. Secondly, it aimed at creating an additional source of employment for the rural populace. The scheme is prepared and implemented by Village Panchayat.

Indira Aawas Yojna
This is the flagship rural housing scheme introduced by the Government. Under this scheme, states were to provide shelter to those below the poverty line. The objective was to create new accommodation for the poor construction of new houses as well as by converting the unserviceable kuchha houses into pucca and semi-pucca houses

Following are some of the poverty alleviation policies introduced by the government:

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Also known as NREGA, this is the flagship programme of Government directly touching lives of the poor and promoting inclusive growth. It aims at enhancing the general livelihood of the rural people by guaranteeing at least a 100 days of employment in a financial year to adults of the household who are willing to do unskilled labour. It was enforced on 2nd February 2006 and implemented in phases. Today it is indeed one of the largest employment generating scheme of the government.

Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojna
SGRY was launched in the year 2001 by way of merging two ongoing schemes- EAS and JGSY. The objective was to provide additional food security and wage employment to the rural sector. It also helped in creating durable community assets for the rural people. The program targeted poor with special emphasis on women, SCs, STs and parents of children withdrawn from hazardous industries.

National Food For Work Programme
This programme was launched in November 2004 in 150 backward districts of the country that were identified by the Planning Commission. The aim of this project was to offer additional sources for rural employment apart from SGRY to these 150 districts. This scheme was entirely sponsored by the Central Government. Since then the program has been merged with NREGA, identifying in total 200 districts to implement the scheme.