What can we do to eradicate poverty?

Background:-

• In 1991, there are 150 million Indians who claim themselves to be of the poor. In 2001, the number rises up to 230 million Indians.
• According to UNICEF “Every 3.6 seconds one person dies of starvation”.
• In India if the family’s income is not at least $1 per day, they are considered as poor.

Causes:-

• Increase in population.
• Illiteracy.
• Unemployment.
• Big families.
• Lack of motivation.
• Spending their little money for drinking, smoking instead of saving.
• Some people cannot work. For example old aged, Some handicapped person.
• Natural disasters such as floods, cyclone and drought.
• Laziness.
• Some rural areas have less communication with cities due to lack of transport facilities.
• Instability of Govt.
• Corruption.
• Poor health.
• Unequal distribution of land and resources.
• Gambling.

Solutions:-

• Education must be free of cost in rural areas.
• We should motivate them to start self-employment, and to utilize their skills( Govt. is already providing free training programs to improve skills) etc.
• Through medical and health programs.
• Govt. must provide water facilities, roads in the rural areas.
• It’s better to not encourage them to be lazy, by donating money to them. There is a saying that “The worst thing you can do to eradicate poverty is start giving the poor people free rides”.
• Increase in number of jobs.
• Govt. must pass a rule for having a limit to the land owned by the family.
• Govt. must increase the number of training institutes in rural areas. Because “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
• Through awareness programs about reducing population. Some poor people are remaining in poverty because of more no. of children.
• Awareness programs about the consequences of smoking and drinking, and about saving money. Money saved is the money earned.
• We should not encourage child labor.
• Awareness programs about conserving rain water.
• The black money which is in swiss bank at present, must be taken by Govt. and it should be utilized for eradicating poverty.
• we should not encourage beggars.

Conclusion:-

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