• Dr. Avinash Kumar

Eradication of poverty remains a major challenge of planned economic development. Experiences of different states with economic growth and poverty reduction have been so varied that it is difficult to offer any general policy prescription. Given the enormity and complexity of the task, the tenth Five Year Plan envisaged a multipronged approach. Besides recognising the role of high economic growth in tackling poverty, the strategy comprised creation of entitlements (through self-employment and wage-employment schemes, food security and social security) and building up of capabilities (through basic minimum services like education, health and housing). The issues of governance also engaged the attention of the Plan, which envisaged greater participation of the Panchayati Raj Institutions as the most effective delivery mechanism for poverty reduction.

Poverty, poverty reduction, Panchayati Raj Institutions, Poverty Alleviation Programmes.

"POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES IN INDIA : A STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.1714-1717, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901D42.pdf

"POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES IN INDIA : A STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp1714-1717, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901D42.pdf